Great Stone Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2142A

Date Released

25 Jun 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The New Cabinet
2. 2Biggin Hill Air Fair
3. 3Wimbledon Opens
4. 4Great Stone Race
5. 5News in Colour: Ascot - ‘Gold Cup’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Great Stone Race. DESCRIPTION: How did the early Britons get those vast slabs of stone to Stonehenge? University students team up to move five ton slabs over a half mile course with primitive equipment. It’s the first step of an appeal which is leaving no stone unturned to provide a new Museum in Salisbury. SHOTLIST: GV crowd. SV 3 shots men pulling heavy boulders along on legs as did the druids. LV boulder begins to move with speed. LV men put legs in path of boulder. GV stone race. SV pan men pulling boulder. SV men take leg from back to put in front of boulder. LV first team finishes, pan to crowd. SV pan up winning team holding victory banner.

Keywords

Students; Education and training; Buildings and structures; Competitions; Fundraising; Engineering; History and archaeology

Locations

Wiltshire; Larkhill

Card file number

96091

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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