Pancake Race

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2492

Date Released

6 Mar 1977

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pancake Race. DESCRIPTION: The contestants in the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, held at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, were all National Beauty Queens. The winner was Janet Withey, the current ‘Miss Britain’. SHOTLIST: MCU girls putting on lipstick (ex beauty queens). Various girls ditto. MLS looking down course. MS sign ‘Start’. MS competitors at starting line. MCU along line of pans and girls. MS Miss Jif, Clair Russell, firing gun to start the race. MLS girls running towards camera. MS race finishing. CU the winner Janet Withy (Miss Britain 1976/1977). MCU winner tossing a pancake which falls, tosses it again and succeeds.

Keywords

Women; Customs and traditions; Competitions

Locations

London; Lincolns Inn Fields

Card file number

77/35

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Norman Fisher

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