Animal Athletics

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2046A

Date Released

22 Aug 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Edinburgh Festival
2. 2Glass to the Rescue
3. 3Filling Station Fashion
4. 4Save Our Surfer
5. 5Animal Athletics
6. 6Going for a Spin

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Animal Athletics. DESCRIPTION: From Camel racing in the hot sands of the Sinai Desert to goat racing in North East France the betting is very heavy. In Pernes Les Fountaines, however, accent is on participation, really grabbing the bull by the horns. SHOTLIST: GV camels lined up for start of race in Sinai Mountains, Israel. CU ditto. MS pan camels away from start. MS Bedouins watching. Pan camels past. GV camels racing. Pan camel past. CU winning rider receives trophy. MS start of goat race in Arceche Mountains, North East France. 5 shots goat racing. MCU winning goat finishes race. MS bull out into arena at Pernes Les Fontaines in France. 4 shots bull runs as man tries to grab cockade. CU crowd. 2 shots bull climbs over one of barriers. MS crowd. 5 shots as men try to grab cockade from between bull’s horns. CU cockade between bull’s horns. MS as man manages to grab cockade.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Animals

Locations

France; Israel; Sinai Mountains; Pernes Les Fountaines; Arceche Mountains

Footage sources

France

Card file number

93834

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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