Grasmere Sports

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2151A
Date Released
27 Aug 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1German Sail Trainer
  2. 2Sand Yachting
  3. 3British Steel Yacht
  4. 4Tyrrell-Ford Races
  5. 5Peter Sellers Wedding
  6. 6Grasmere Sports
  7. 7Aircraft Arrestor Net

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasmere Sports. DESCRIPTION: The annual sporting event at Grasmere is one of the oldest in the British Isles. The locally flavoured events include Guide and Hound Racing and Cumberland wrestling. SHOTLIST: Side V hounds lined up for start of Hound Trail. Front V ditto. SV crowds with umbrellas. SV pan hounds racing away up field. SV pan man running up field, Senior Guides Race. SV BV ditto. SV pan crowds watching in rain. SV 2 man wrestling - Cumberland style - one falls. CU girl holding up umbrella - pouring with rain. SV pan No 7 and 17 running down hill to finish race. SV women sheltering under umbrellas. SV winner No 17 (FL Reeves) kissing his wife. SV pan hounds leaping over wall, 2 across road, 2 over another wall & race up field.
Keywords
Sport; Weather; Dog racing; Dogs; Athletics; Animals
Locations
Cumberland; United Kingdom
Card file number
96280
Credits:
Commentator
John Braban
Camera
Keith Medley
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:

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