Riding the Runners

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1757

Date Released

4 Feb 1963

Date submitted

26 Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Final Tribute
2. 2The Great Journey Begins
3. 3Soviet Surgeons Sew It Up
4. 4Kingdom of King Willow
5. 5Riding the Runners

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riding the Runners. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the Bob-Sleigh World Championships at Innsbruck, Austria. They took place on a new track which will be used for the Winter Olympics in 1964. Italy’s No 1 team won the title, second place also went to Italy, and Britain’s Tony Nash and Robin Dixon came third. At Imst, the World Toboggan Championships were in full swing, and East Germany won the Women’s Title, West Germany the Men’s. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan - Canadian team push bobsleigh off. GV bob around circuit (3 shots). MS Canadian team finish run. MS Great Britain bobsleigh pushes off. GV Great Britain bob around circuit (3 shots). MS pan - GB bob team finish run (Tony Nash and Robin Dixon) (they took third place). MCU crowd. MCU Great Britain team. MS pan - Italy’s bobsleigh being pushed to start. GV Italian team bob around circuit (3 shots). MS pan - same at finish of run. MS No 15 starts run (Toboggan Championships). LS camera along circuit. Toboggan around the circuit (6 shots). Competitor No 17 falls off toboggan.

Keywords

Sport; Winter sports

Locations

Innsbruck; Imst; Austria

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

85947

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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