Birr Vintage Week and Curragh Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2308

Date Released

27 Aug 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Bomb Attacks
2. 2Main Line Juggernaut
3. 3Birr Vintage Week and Curragh Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Birr Vintage Week and Curragh Race. DESCRIPTION: Birr Vintage Week Parade, and Curragh Rowing Championships at Kilkereen Harbour. SHOTLIST: GV Rosse Castle. SV giant telescope. SV 2 people looking round giant telescope. SV police band leading parade. SV on the right the Hon Desmond Guiness wearing vintage hat. SV police band. SV small girl dressed in costume watching. SV pan vintage car in procession No 6. CU man watching. CU another man watching. SV pan vintage car in procession. CU Guiness. SV crowd. SV vintage car. SV another ditto. SV boy on mini tractor. SV woman dressed in costume watching. SV crowd by road. SV pan pony and coach. SV pan pony and trap. SV pan another with children on board. SV people watching. SV band playing in procession, cyclists following band. SV bedstead type cycle. SV pony and trap. SV vintage bus. SV traction engine.

Local distribution only

This story was also done in Colour for Ireland only.

Keywords

Sport; Vehicles; History and archaeology

Locations

Republic of Ireland

Card file number

99321

Credits:

Camera

George Fleishchmann

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

395

Story extras:

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