Racing Roundabout

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1792
Date Released
7 Oct 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1All Set for Snow
  2. 2Photo Call
  3. 3Training in Sail
  4. 4Never Alone - With a Cone
  5. 5Racing Roundabout

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Racing Roundabout. DESCRIPTION: The European Championships for Outboards were held on a lake in East Germany, with Poland, Hungary, West Germany and East Germany represented. The winner was Schulz of East Germany. One of the biggest stud farms in West Germany invited the public for the stallion parade, and different performances showed the training of horse and rider. In Australia, our cameramen recorded a dramatic incident at Sydney’s Rosehill Course, twenty yards from the post, Persian Comic faltered, throwing his jockey Frank Powyer beneath the fence. Luckily, the teenage jockey was not badly hurt. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV spray from outboard motor boats. MS pan outboard. GV mass of outboards. MS same round buoy. MS outboard. MS pan another. GV mass of boats. MS outboard (these scenes come from East Germany). LAS chariots towards camera. MLS pan chariot round ring. ES same. MLS chariot round ring. ES same. CU little boy in crowd. ES pan chariot round ring (these scenes come from West Germany). ES pan race horses round corner. ES pan same down straight. ES head on of same incident with Persian Comic falling (Australia).
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Business and commerce; Speed records; Water sports; Animals
Locations
Germany; Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Germany
Card file number
87276
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
Film clip

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