Ice Roundup

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2127A
Date Released
12 Mar 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1League Cup Final
  2. 2Paris Floods
  3. 3Mersey Tunnel Breakthrough
  4. 4Ice Roundup

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ice Roundup. DESCRIPTION: Winter pastimes round the World. An ice sculptor decorates a Canadian town - canoeists in Poland brave the elements for a trip down the River Brda - ice speedway in West Germany - production cars racing on a snow track in the French Alps - and ski-scooters show they can jump during the first European competition for these motorised sleighs. SHOTLIST: W&CU man cutting ice with chain-saw. CU chink of ice. LV man lifts ice from water. SCU sculptor at work on statue of ice. CU carving. LV statue. CU parrot made from ice outside store. SV another. SCU unicorn. GV pan wall of ice & statues. CU monkey. SCU bear. SV sculptor working. GV wall. GV canoes move off. SCU people in canoe. W swans fly off (2 shots). GV canoes. W ditto. GV canoes towards in snow. SV & TV ditto. W pan from canoes to bank & fire burning. A competitor stands in canoe covered in snow. CU blow lamp warming cycle. TV start of race around track. LV crash on bend. GV another crash (2 shots). TV pan last race No 2 & No 11. GV winner in. SCU winners. GV cars rounding bend. SV pan car around bend. GV cars skids toward (2 shots). T shot up hill following car. LV cars rounding bend. W pan car skids around bend into straight. SV 2 shots scooters jumping over snow bank. GV ditto. SV scooter banking around track. LV competitors down straight. SV scooter toward finish (2 shots). W pan winner in - falls off.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Motor racing; Weather; Environment; Arts and crafts; Birds; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Locations
France; Quebec; Poland; West Germany
Card file number
95653
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
278
Story extras:
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