Great Day for GB
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Great Day for Gb. DESCRIPTION: Sunny Sunday, for British contestants on the Continent, winning International Motor Cycle Trail in France and Cross Country Athletics in Belgium. SHOTLIST: MS pan No 57 Doug Smith for GB starting course. MS rider through mud. MS No 96 Chevreux of France past. MS pan No 95 Mac Harris of England past. British rider through mud. MS No 59 Dudley of Britain past and stuck in mud. CU as he gets off bike. MCU Dudley pushing bike through mud. CU rider who is stuck in mud engages gear on his bike. MS as he rides out of mud. MS No 52 falls off bike in mud. BS another rider falls off bike in mud. MS rider slips off course into tree. GV competitors start cross country race near Brussels. MS ditto. GV ditto. BS ditto. MS leading runner past. BS Runners past. MS ditto. MS pan ditto (x2). CU runners feet. MS pan No 1191 Mel Batty of Britain finishes first. MS pan No 2740 Eddy van Butsek of Belgium finishes second. MS other competitors still running. CU pan competitor walking to finish. MS other competitors approaching finish. GV finishing area. MS competitor combing hair as he runs to finish. CU Mel Batty, the winner, with Eddy van Butsek who was second.
- Keywords
- Sport; Environment; Motorcycling; Athletics; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- France; Belgium
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 92972
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 119
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