Sporting Choice

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1853

Date Released

7 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sporting Choice. DESCRIPTION: The Sportswriters Dinner where this year’s top Sportsmen and Women receive their awards. Lynn Davies, Long Jump Gold Medallist, is Top Sportsman of the Year and Mary Rand, Gold and Silver Medallist, is top Sportswoman of the Year. Valerie Forder gets a special award for her Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the Olympics for the paralysed in Tokyo. SHOTLIST: At the Sportswriters Dinner where this year’s top sportsmen and women receive their awards. CU Freddie Trueman. MS pan Terry Downes. Mrs Downes and Valerie Forder (who won a special award for her gold, four silvers and a bronze at the Olympics for the paralysed). Billy and George Walker. CU Fanny Blankers-Koen. CU Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell. MS Tony Nash and Robin Dixon. CU Robbie Brightwell. GV guests sitting down in dining hall. MCU Ken Matthews. LS guests clapping. MS Lynn Davies. MLS Rand, Dorothy Hyman, Simpson and Arden. MS Valerie Forder. MS Mary Rand. CU Mary Rand and Robbie Brightwell. Denis Howell MP presents trophies.

Keywords

Sport; Awards and honours

Locations

London

Card file number

89127

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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