Up the Pole

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1787A

Date Released

5 Sep 1963

Date submitted

2 Sep 1963

Date Other

Aug 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Forth Bridge - Closing the Gap
2. 2Rock Round the Clock
3. 3Variety on the Course
4. 4Enterprise Unlimited
5. 5Up the Pole

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up the Pole. DESCRIPTION: John Pennel trying for seventeen feet during a meeting in Miami. And he did it! 17 feet and three quarters of an inch. A variation on the pole-vault theme is provided by the Dutch Pole-Jumping Championships. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS zoom back John Pennel making record jump of 17 ft 3/4 inches in the pole vault. MS crowds. MS slow motion - Pennel’s record jump. CU Pennel gets up. CU same kissed by his mother. MS pan competitors in the Dutch Pole Vault Championship. CU crowd. MS another competitor. MLS another. CU crowd. MS pole jumper. MS pan another. BS another woman competitor. Veteran pole jumper, pole jumper.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics; Newsreels

Locations

United States of America; Miami; Netherlands; Winsum

Footage sources

United States of America
France

Card file number

87145

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

150

Story extras:

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