Bed Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2327A

Date Released

10 Jan 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Motor Cycle Scramble
2. 2Bed Race
3. 3Camping Exhibition
4. 4Arts Ball

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bed Race. DESCRIPTION: At Morden Park, the Redmon Cycling Club race meeting - taking part - Penny Farthing bicycles - and for the less athletic - a bed race. SHOTLIST: SV start of Penny Farthing race pan to BV. SV pan man riding P Farthing past with up & down movement pedals. SV pan 3 penny farthing past pan to BV. SV Marshal holding gun in air, zoom out to start of P Farthing heat pan to BV. SV pan P Farthings past. SV P Farthing past with up & down movement pedals pan to BV. SV P Farthing at speed past pan to another. SV boy holding chequered flag pan to 2 Penny Farthings over line. SV Bed Race in progress pan to BV. SV beds being pushed in race pan to BV. SV beds towards camera pan to BV. TS from mobile bed, bed being pushed past pan to BV.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Curiosities; Competitions; Cycling

Locations

Morden

Card file number

99615

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

116

Story extras:

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