Amateur Gymnastics

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2382

Date Released

26 Jan 1975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: National Gymnastics Colour. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Albert Hall was the venue for this year’s National Gymnastics Championships. Winner of the Men’s title was Tommy Wilson and the Ladies Champion was Avril Lennox. SHOTLIST: GV Albert Hall. GV pan John White No 9 vaulting (6th). LV pan Avril Lennox No 2 vaulting (1st). SV Avril at the finish of the exercise. SV Tommy Wilson No 11 on the parallel bars (1st). GV Elaine Willet No 4 on the asymmetric bars (2nd). SV Ian Neale No 8 on the rings (2nd), he spins off and finishes. LV Tommy Wilson starting exercise on pommel horse. SV crowd pan to Tommy on horse, he finishes. LV Avril Lennox on the beam, she somersaults off to finish. CU cups. GV medals pan to cups. LV Avril Lennox & Tommy Wilson stepping up onto winners rostrum. CU cameraman. FV Avril receiving her cup. SV applauding crowd. FV Tommy receiving cup.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ceremonies

Locations

London; Royal Albert Hall

Card file number

75/32

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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