Six-Day Cycle Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2522

Date Released

2 Oct 1977

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fashion Show
2. 2World’s Smallest Horses
3. 3Viking Battle
4. 4Six-Day Cycle Race
5. 5Hovercraft Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Six-Day Cycle Race. DESCRIPTION: An International event at the closed-in Empire Pool. Partners Sercu and Pijnen of Belgium and Holland beat their Australian rivals Alan and Clarke. SHOTLIST: GV cycle track. MS cyclists. MS cyclists down track. MS competitor resting. MCU ditto reading. MS Steve Heffernan (GB) looking at grazed leg. CU leg tilt to shoe being put on. CU cycle. CU tyre being inflated. CU man looking at bike. CU ditto. CU Heffernan putting crash helmet on. CU pop singer Alvin Stardust. LS cyclist up track. LS ditto. MS cyclists round bend. Various of race. LS finish won by Belgian-Dutch pair Patrick Sercu and Rene Pijnen. Crowd applaud. Winners lap of honour. Winners receive flowers.

Keywords

Sport; Cycling

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

77/175

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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