Close Finish in Cross-Country
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Close Finish in Cross-Country. DESCRIPTION: There were 5,000 runners literally treading on each other’s heels at this meeting in Belgium. The big race was the 6 miles, with such top runners as Belgium’s Gaston Roelants and Blackpool’s Gerry North. It turned out to be quite a tussle between these two, but in the end it was Roelants who got home first, with North only a second behind! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan - start of race, race in progress (3 shots). MS men over water jump. MS number 28 (Gaston Roelants - Belgium) leading the field. MS No 28 over water jump, Gaston Roelants (4 shots). MS crowd. CU Gaston Roelants (the winner).
- Keywords
- Sport; Athletics
- Locations
- Belgium
- Footage sources
- Shipment
- Card file number
- 85512
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 75
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