Innsbruck - The Winter Olympics

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1809
Date Released
3 Feb 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Send Her Down Sideways
  2. 2Cleopatra - Revealing the Inside Story
  3. 3Heavyweight Space Lift
  4. 4Engraved on Glass
  5. 5Innsbruck - The Winter Olympics

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Winter Olympics. DESCRIPTION: The first Gold Medal of the Winter Olympic Games was won by Oleg Protopopov and Ludmilla Belousova of Leningrad, for ice skating. Second came Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius from Germany. Next comes skiing, the winner of the Mens Downhill race, was Egon Zimmermann, who already holds the world title for the Giant Slalom. Second came Leo Lacroix of France. SHOTLIST: Key scene - Olympic rings. MS Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius (Germany) ice-skating. Various shots of same. MS crowd. Various shots of the German pair doing their ice-skating routine. MS man taking picture. MS Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius leaving the ice. Various shots of the Russian couple, Oleg Protopopov and Ludmilla Belousova skating through their routine. LS crowd and judges. Various MS and LS of the Russian couple skating. MCU cameraman. MS Russian couple skating. MS crowd clapping. Various shots of Russian couple skating. MS crowd watching. LS Protopopov and Belousova skating and finish their routine. MS Protopopov and Belousova - crowd applaud. LS snow covered mountains. Various shots of the Mens Downhill race. LS skier falling over - people gather round him to see if he is OK. MCU man in crowd looks through binoculars. MS skier falling over and crashing. CU woman in crowd with sunglasses on. Various shots of Wolfgang Bartels skiing downhill. Various shots of Leo Lacroix skiing downhill. Various shots of Egon Aimmermann skiing the downhill course past the trees to the finish. Mens Downhill Skiing race - Wolfgang Bartels (Germany) - Bronze, Leo Lacroix (France) - Silver, Egon Aimmermann (Austria) - Gold.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Innsbruck; Austria
Footage sources
Shipment
Card file number
87857
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
290
Story extras:
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