On the Right Track

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1913A
Date Released
3 Feb 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Luck of the Irish Fails to Show
  2. 2Inside with the Train Robbers
  3. 3On the Right Track

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On the Right Track. DESCRIPTION: A new hobby that’s a sport, Slot car racing. Model cars that are powered by electric motors and guided by slots in the track. Motor cycle racing on ice, at the Moscow Dynamo Stadium in which the Russians won. At Cortina, Italy, competitors for the World Title Bobsleigh Championships. Italy’s number one bob forced the World Champions, Tony Nash and Robin Dixon, after holding the title for two years, into third place. SHOTLIST: Canada - pan people watching cars racing round track. MCU car on track. MCU cars race round bend. MCU man’s thumb operating throttle control. LS cars racing round track and people watching. MS man and boy building model cars. MCU man turning a part of car on a lathe. CU ditto. CU young boy. MCU coil winding for the electric motor. CU ditto. CU turning a part on the lathe. CU young boy. CU two pairs of hands assembling car. MCU man testing model car on small test rollers. MCU cars at the start. MCU cars away from start. MS cars racing. MS thumbs working throttle controls. MS cars racing. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. MS ditto and people watching. MS ditto. MCU ditto. MS cars over finishing line. Russia - 9 frame optical. Pan spiked tyres on motor cycle. Pan motor cycle race from the start. LS pan motor cycles round track. MS pan two motor cycles over take another. MS pan motor cycles round track. MS pan No 6 round track. MS pan No 7 passing No 2. Pan motor cycles round track. MCU man waving chequered flag at the finish. Cortina, Italy - 9 frame optical. Pan German bob sleigh comes toward camera pan and goes away. Pan another ditto. MS another ditto. Pan Tony Nash and Robin Dixon push their bob off. Pan above round track. Pan ditto. CU Nash and Dixon after their run. Pan Italy No 1 team push their bob off. Pan Italy No 1 team round track. Pan ditto. CU Italy No 2 bob. Pan Italy No 2 team push their bob off. Pan Italy No 2 team round track. Pan ditto. TS pan ditto. MCU clock showing No 2 team’s time. CU the new world title holder Eugenio Monti.
Keywords
Sport; Competitions; Motorcycling
Locations
Italy; Moscow; Canada; Russia; Cortina; Dynamo Stadium
Footage sources
France
Germany
Card file number
90728
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
278
Story extras:
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