Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Empire Games athletes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
452A
Date Released
3 Feb 1938
Date submitted
1 Feb 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Princess Juliana’s baby girl
  2. 2The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bigger Battleships?
  3. 3At Home & Abroad: Their Majesties return to London
  4. 4At Home & Abroad: Wreck tragedy off Cornwall
  5. 5At Home & Abroad: Rome wedding of Mussolini’s niece
  6. 6At Home & Abroad: Conscripts’ Fete in France
  7. 7At Home & Abroad: Paris Explosion
  8. 8Aviation: Wellington Bomber tries her wings
  9. 9Around Town: with Carl Bernard
  10. 10Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Empire Games athletes
  11. 11Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Schmeling v Foord
  12. 12Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Ben Foord’s homecoming
  13. 13Sports Page: with Alan Howland: British Bobsleigh Team takes World Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 13
Section Title
Sports Page: with Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Athletes at Practice. SHOTLIST: The Empire’s athletes gather in Sydney for the 1938 Empiad. In celebration of the 150th year of the British settlement in Australia. No sooner are the flags of the teams from the British Isles hoisted over Empire village, than the teams go into active training. A group of England’s cyclists gives a warm welcome to Janky Das, India’s sole representative at the Games. Scotland has sent over Tiny Dudgeon whose 20 stone should leave its mark in the wrestling ring.
Keywords
Sport; Cycling
Footage sources
Sydney
Card file number
32461
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Length of story (in feet)
27
Story extras:
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