Grasmere Sports

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2203

Date Released

23 Aug 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasmere Sports. DESCRIPTION: To Lakeland for the Grasmere Sports, an event that typifies much of the rugged character of Lakeland. SHOTLIST: GV pole vaulting competition in progress. WGH Brown of Bigrigg. SV 2 wrestlers Dennison & Harrington who wins. LV handlers with dogs assembling for start of hounds race. SV people watching. LV pan hounds racing from start, across field. SV pan hounds jumping wall across wood over another wall into field. Pan to GV Ladeview jumping wire fence. SV pan lone dog crossing road & jumping wall, he goes off scent and runs behind cars. SV group of runners coming up hill. SV man looking through binoculars. SV pan No 5 Reeves running down hill to eventually win. SV No 10 runs in exhausted at finish. CU No 10 collapsing on ground - he is sponged. SV No 5 Reeves the winner, giving thumbs up sign. SV pan a hound racing downhill through tunnel. CU as hound goes off track, comes straight to common. SV handlers waving the dogs in. SV pan hound running into finish won by Shannon owned by Victor Brown. CU Shannon.

Keywords

Sport; Animals

Locations

England

Card file number

97399

Credits:

Camera: Keith Medley
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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