News in Colour: The Royal Tournament

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2354A
Date Released
18 Jul 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Coup d’Etat
  2. 2AAA Championships
  3. 3News in Colour: The Royal Tournament

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tournament Colour. DESCRIPTION: Movietone visits Earls Court for the Royal Tournament. Massed bands, gymnastics by the RAF, the Naval Gun teams, the Musical Drive of the Royal Horse Artillery and drummers and dancers from the Sri Lanka Police Reserve. SHOTLIST: GV pan musical ride by Kings Troops Royal Horse Artillery. GV inter Port Field Gun competition by Royal Navy. SV men pulling field gun. GV ditto around obstacle. SV men pulling bits over wall. GV team using lever & swing construction to get gun over river. GV crowd. SV pan 2 men swing over on pulley with wheels of gun, pan 3 men swing across with another part of gun, SV pan ditto (barrel). SV pan men pulling gun. SV crowd applauding. GV drummers & dancers of Sri Lanka Police Reserve. SV line of drummers. SV dancers. LV ditto somersaulting backwards. SV ditto blowing weird trumpets. GV aerobatics (RAF Gymnastics team) vaulting horse. SV 3 men vaulting horse & at same time pan with 3 and roll as they land. SV ditto (not 3 at a time). LV men vaulting high horse bouncing on trampoline then over another. GV pan massed bands of the Royal Marines. SV crowd. GV pan finale with Trafalgar. LV band. SV pan ditto pan to White Ensign flag.
Keywords
Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military
Locations
Earls Court
Card file number
74/58
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
320
Story extras:
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