Speedway

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2045A

Date Released

15 Aug 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Speedway
2. 2Viscount Tragedy
3. 3Gothic Survivors
4. 4Another Season Starts
5. 5End of Steam
6. 6Pigeons Travel in Style
7. 7Rough Water

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speedway. DESCRIPTION: An international event between Hackney and Prague features some of the first Czech sportsmen to visit this country since the crisis. SHOTLIST: CU hand throttle being blipped at the international speedway meeting between Czechoslovakia and the Hackney Hawks. MS competitors being placed in position for start of a race. MCU one of the riders positions. MS tapes go up for start of race. Pan riders round track. MS pan riders round track. MS ditto. MCU chequered flag. MS riders come off at start of next race. Various shots of riders round track. MS official holding out chequered flag. MLS pan winner takes chequered flag.

Keywords

Sport; Motorcycling

Locations

London; United Kingdom; Hackney

Card file number

93820

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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