Nottingham - Britain’s Oldest Tournament?

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1734A

Date Released

30 Aug 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Oldest Tournament. DESCRIPTION: The scene was Wollaton Park, Nottingham, not far from Sherwood Forest, and the sheriff was there to see the shoot for the Golden Arrow. The title Captain of Sherwood Forest goes to the competitor with the highest score from 6 dozen arrows shot at 60 yards. This year, it was Robert Speed from Mansfield who gave a splendid display in what is believed to be the oldest tournament in Britain. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV hall. MCU Sheriff of Nottingham. GV contestants. MS man with bow. CU man. CU bow. CU 2 men. (2 shots) contestants prepare. CU woman blows whistle. GV contestants fire. CU men fire (2 shots). GV target. MS Don Hand. CU target. GV (2 shots) contestants look at target. MS man takes arrows out of target. CU scorer. (6 shots) people fire. CU target. CU Robert Speed. CU target. MS people being congratulated.

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Competitions; Local government

Locations

Nottingham

Card file number

84977

Credits:

Camera: Jim Godfrey
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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