Six Day Cycle Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2260

Date Released

25 Sep 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Six Day Cycle Race
2. 2Prince Bernhard Opens Hilton Hotel
3. 3Queen Juliana Opens Parliament
4. 4Pope in Venice and Venice Carnival
5. 5Colour: Galway Oyster Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Six Day Cycle Race. DESCRIPTION: At the Empire Pool, Wembley, Britain’s Tony Gowland, partnered by Belgium’s Patrick Sercu, won the Skol six day international cycle race. SHOTLIST: CU pan stacked cycle wheels. SV pan Tony Gowland of Great Britain cycling round track. SV pan riders flashing past. BGV pan cyclists round track. LV ditto. SV pan cyclist flash past round bend. SCU pan ditto. SV pan cyclists past. SV spectators. SV Patrick Sercu of Belgium (Gowland’s partner) taking off shirt. CU Gowland having drink. SV crowd watching. SV towards and pan start of last leg. GV cyclists round track at speed. LAS ditto. SV pan Tony Gowland at speed. SV excited crowd. SV pan Sercu flashes across line to win with Britain’s Tony Gowland. SV ditto. LV crowds applauding. SCV Gowland and Sercu.

Keywords

Sport; Cycling

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

98475

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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