Tokyo - Medals Galore

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1847

Date Released

26 Oct 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tokyo - Medals Galore
2. 2Saloons with the Lid Off
3. 3Soccer - England Draw with Belgium

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Medals Galore. DESCRIPTION: Britain will look back on the Olympics with a fair share of justifiable pride. Besides the medals we’ve brought home, our athletes have got new world records to their credit. SHOTLIST: MS pan of women’s hurdle race. MCU Fred Hanson (USA) pole vault. Ralph Boston (USA) long jump. MS revolving record board. MS Ter-Oranesyan (Russia) long jump. MS record board. MLS pan Lynn Davies (GB) long jump. MSU Lynn Davies. LS Davies on rostrum. MS Bikila (Ethiopia) marathon. Clarke (Australia) and Hogan (Ireland). Bikila Abebe. MS enters stadium and winning, followed by others. MSU Bikila on rostrum. MCU Basil Heatley 2nd for GB. MS Bikila - Heatley - Tsuburraya. LS start of women’s 800 metres. MS last lap - pan Ann Packer (GB) crossing line and winning. Ann Packer - Robbie Brightwell. Result board. Medals presented. Also mentioned in the commentary:- Brian Kilby.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics

Locations

Tokyo; Japan

Footage sources

Japan

Card file number

88981

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

330

Story extras:

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