Speedway - Champion of the World

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1736A

Date Released

13 Sep 1962

Date submitted

11 Sep 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speedway Finals. DESCRIPTION: The World Speedway Championship took place at Wembley Stadium, watched by 70,000 fans, and 16 finalists from 5 countries competed individually over 20 heats for the world title. Spectators were kept in doubt until heat 19, when the issue was finally clinched. Manchester’s Peter Craven became the first Englishman to win the world crown since 1955. And he won it then, too. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Wembley Stadium under construction. MS Ronnie Moore - New Zealand pan to bike (2 shots) Igor Alexandrovitch pan to bike. MS riders at start. MS English and Russian rider. MCU sign Up the Dome. MS pan start of event. MS riders round corner. MS rider along straight. (3 shots) riders round corner. MS end of race. MS start of another race. (3 shots) riders round corner. (3 shots) ditto. MS riders along straight. MS end of race. Peter Craven wins. MS Peter Craven shakes hands with 2nd and 3rd riders.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

85096

Credits:

Camera: John Abbott
Camera: Len Waldorf
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

116

Story extras:

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