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Pancake Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2284
Date Released
12 Mar 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Strikes - Mr Heath Meets Mr Cosgrave - London Bomb Explosion
  2. 2Pancake Race
  3. 3Common Market Hats
  4. 4News in Colour: Ideal Homes Exhibition

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pancake Race. DESCRIPTION: The National Pancake Racing Championships held at Lincoln’s Inn Fields. BBC Golden Girl Pat Keeling wins one of the races. SHOTLIST: LV sign Lincoln Inn Fields park in back ground. SV girls lined up practising tossing pan cakes in pans. SV Miss GB 1971/72 Caroline More tossing pan cake. LV mass of pigeons eating on lawn. SV girls getting ready taking off track suits. CU ditto, pan to No 1 Miss Australia (Valli Kemp) taking off track suit. GV crowds watching girls lined up for start. SV girls lined up and false start, No 7 drops pan cake. CU woman watching. FV girls lined up again and off, another false start, SV pan crowd watching. GV girls racing towards camera down straight, SV pan Nos 7 and 8 past camera, No 7 wins. SV pan No 6 left behind comes in last. SV mass of pigeons still eating. SV winner No 7 Pat Keeling holding up pan and pancake. SV photographers. CU Keeling, the winner. [Also taking part - Elizabeth Robinson, Miss Great Britain. Former Miss Great Britain, Wendy Ann George. Helen White.]
Keywords
Customs and traditions; Curiosities
Locations
Parliament Hill Fields
Card file number
98922
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:

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