The Height of Endeavour

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1892

Date Released

6 Sep 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1For Jacks of All Trades
2. 2The Height of Endeavour
3. 3Who Wears the Pants?
4. 4Explorers on a Man-Made Island

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Height of Endeavour. DESCRIPTION: A party of sportsmen and women are in Austria to test the body’s reaction to exercise at high altitudes. They are preparing for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in three years time. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS mountain train leaves the station. GV pan mountain scenery. MS mountain train. CU station notice board. MLS canoeist disembarking from train. MS two canoeists carrying their canoe up the mountain. MLS same. CU same. GV lake in the mountain. Pan down to group of canoeists. MS group of canoeists. MCS doctor checking canoeist’s blood pressure. CU same. MCU canoeists paddling their canoe out on the lake. LS pan same. MS pan two canoeists in single seaters racing one another. LS pan same. LS canoeist paddling his canoe. MS instructor speaking into walkie-talkie. MS woman canoeist comes into shore for blood pressure test. MCU woman having blood pressure checked. GV pan up lake and mountain.

Keywords

Sport; Health and medicine

Locations

Austria

Footage sources

France

Card file number

90129

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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