What Future for the Trotters?

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1893

Date Released

13 Sep 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Computer Hits the Headlines
2. 2Fasten Your Seat Belt
3. 3What Future for the Trotters?
4. 4It’s an Up and Down World

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Future for the Trotters?. DESCRIPTION: After an absence of two hundred years, trotting has returned to Britain. To Prestatyn - North Wales, in fact. Pictures include some of the races held there. SHOTLIST: Tracking shot trotting practice. CU horse trotting. CU wheel of sulky. GV start of womens trotting race. LS pan womens trotting race in progress. CU woman’s hand on reins. BS horse pulling sulky. CU drivers foot on side of sulky. CU wheel of sulky. LS pan womens trotting race in progress No 5 in lead. GV ditto. MS bookies. CU bookies stand showing betting. LS ditto. GV ditto. MS pan ditto. MLS pan ditto.

Locations

North Wales; Prestatyn

Card file number

90180

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Peter Hannan

Camera

Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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