Ski Flying

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1656A

Date Released

2 Mar 1961

Date submitted

27 Feb 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England V France
2. 2Ski Flying
3. 3Gateway to India

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ski Flying. DESCRIPTION: The Alpine Winter resort at Oberstdorf is a famous place for ski-jumping. Here, the Ski Flying contest, held every three years, attracts top-flight men from many countries. A fantastic sport, in which a skier may take-off at 60 miles an hour, and leap anything up to 130 or even 140 yards. Slow motion shows how it is done. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS to LS skier on ski jump. GV to LAS skier in flight. GV skier taking off. MS skier takes off and lands (slow motion). GV skier in flight (slow motion). MS skier falls down slope. MS another CU to LS skier on run up. MS skier falls down slope. MS skier in flight (slow motion). CU crowd clapping. GV skier in flight.

Keywords

Sport; Newsreels

Locations

Oberstdorf; West Germany

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

81989

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

164

Story extras:

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