Mexico

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2055A
Date Released
24 Oct 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Jackie Weds Ari
  2. 2£5,000 Bait
  3. 3Mexico
  4. 4Tanker Drama

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mexico and Suez Canal Ships. DESCRIPTION: The athletic achievements of coloured athletes in Mexico may have been overshadowed by the Black Power Protest of America’s Tommy Smith and John Carlos - but they’ve still made a tremendous impact on the Track. As for Britain, Lilian Board’s 400 Metres disappointment is soon to be forgotten with more British Golds in Sailing and Equestrian events. Meanwhile - in the Great Bitter Lake on the Suez Canal - the strangest Olympics of them all! SHOTLIST: HAS starter firing gun. LS pan start of Men’s 200 metres. MS pan Tommy Smith (USA) wins. CU man in crowd. MLS victory ceremony (Black Power Salute). MS MLS ditto. LS 200 metres result on scoreboard. MS 5000 metres. LS crowd. MS pan Gamoudi is challenged by Keino. MCU woman in crowd. MS pan Gamoudi holds off Keino to win. MS crowd. CU man in crowd. MS pan slow motion - finish of 400 metres with Lilian Board second. MS Lilian Board receives silver medal. CU girl in crowd. MS slow motion Hungary’s Zxivotsky throwing hammer. Pan hammer lands. Pan slow motion Lusis (USSR) throwing the javelin. LS zoom in javelin landing. MS pan slow motion Bob Seagren (USA) pole vaulting. GV pan ships trapped in Great Bitter Lake in Suez Canal. 5 shots ships in lake. MS ships dinghies. LAS crew waving from decks. MS men holding running race on ship. CU man watching. MS men racing. MCU men playing deck quoits. MS ditto. MS archery event. MS men playing table soccer. CU man. CU table soccer. MLS motor boat. MS from boat man water skiing. LS from boat - ditto.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Athletics; Ceremonies; Demonstrations; Engineering; Newsreels
Locations
Mexico; Mexico City; Suez
Footage sources
Dutch Shipment
Card file number
94050
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
302
Story extras:
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