Murphy Marathon

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1945

Date Released

12 Sep 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Everybody’s Doing It!
2. 2Pedal Your Own Canoe
3. 3Murphy Marathon
4. 4Meet You at the Saracen’s Head
5. 5Gateway to Principality

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Murphy Marathon. DESCRIPTION: Contestants in a potato carrying race in Australia pack 145 pound sacks of spuds over a course of more than a mile. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. LS competitors start Murphy Marathon at Millthorpe in NSW. MS competitors pass carrying sacks of potatoes. BS ditto. MS pan ditto. CU pan ditto. V John Piermont leading field in race. MS ditto. MS crowd applaud. MS pan John Piermont finishes in 1st place. CU John Piermont.

Keywords

Curiosities; Competitions

Locations

Australia; New South Wales; Millthrope

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

91533

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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