Athletics

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2363A
Date Released
19 Sep 1974
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Athletics
  2. 2Mine Clearing
  3. 3Horsemans Sunday
  4. 4Horse Trials
  5. *News in Colour: The Kerry Festival

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Athletics. DESCRIPTION: A welcome resurge of interest in Athletics, as the top names in sport meet at the Crystal Palace for a follow up to the European Championships. SHOTLIST: GV group of athletics meeting. MLS crowd behind railings at side of track. MS ditto pan to programme salesman. MS two men at starting line, one fires starting pistol. MLS start of 400m hurdles. MLS Steve Black running. MLS Alan Pascoe running, pan with him to finish. MLS Pascoe running past, raises right arm as V sign. MLS start of women’s 1000 metres Lesley Kiernan leading pan with them. MLS women coming around corner. MLS ditto Kiernan still leading, Joyce Smith 2nd, Rose Tata (Kenya) 3rd, pan with them. MLS Lesley Kiernan pan with her to winning post followed by Rosemary Stirling, Joan Allison. MS Lesley Kiernan. MS start of 400 metres mens zoom. MLS runners coming around corner taken from front, David Jenkins leading, then Karl Honz, pan with them to winning post. MS Jenkins and Glen Cohen & pressmen. MS Jenkins with child asking for autograph. MLS start of 100 metres hurdles for women, pan to finish, tie between No 1 Judy Vernon and No 6 Lorna Drysdale. MS crowd. MLS start of 2 miles men. MS runners approaching corner Graham Crouch (Australian) leading, David Bedford last pan with him. MLS runners cornering Brendan Foster leading pan with them. MS Brendan Foster running pan with him. MS rest of runners. MLS Foster running pan to finishing line. MS crowd. CU Brendan Foster.
Keywords
Sport; Mass media
Locations
Crystal Palace
Card file number
74/178
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
251
Story extras:
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