Hitting the Hay

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1674
Date Released
3 Jul 1961
Date submitted
28 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Royal Diary - Queen in Scotland
  2. 2Royal Diary - Northern Star
  3. 3White City Athletics
  4. 4All Time Low
  5. 5Show Jumping - European Champion
  6. 6Hitting the Hay

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hitting the Hay. DESCRIPTION: Summer sport in Canada, with artificial snow, but the falls are real enough. They don’t call it ski-jumping out there, they call it hitting the hay! SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU skier takes off. Pan to landing. TS same somersaulting down slope. TS another. TS skier completes jump and lands in hay. CU hay. LS skier coming down slope - sliding into hay.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Canada
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
82770
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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