Sports Page: Burying the Heart of Olympic Games Founder

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
460A
Date Released
31 Mar 1938
Date submitted
29 Mar 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1At Home & Abroad: The "Queen Mary" Passenger List
  2. 2At Home & Abroad: Travelling Post Office Centenary
  3. 3At Home & Abroad: US Foreign Policy - Mr Cordell Hull sets out the policy
  4. 4At Home & Abroad: US Sailors in Singapore
  5. 5At Home & Abroad: General Matsui Goes Home
  6. 6At Home & Abroad: Franco’s Advance on Barcelona
  7. 7At Home & Abroad: Their Majesties in Shoreditch - Visit new flats in Hoxton
  8. 8At Home & Abroad: The Royal Academy Draws the Line
  9. 9Aviation: New Air France Super Liner
  10. 10Aviation: Clouston and Ricketts Set Records
  11. 11Aviation: US "Attack Ships" Fly over Desert
  12. 12Sports Page: Grand Nationalists of the Future
  13. 13Sports Page: Burying the Heart of Olympic Games Founder
  14. 14Sports Page: Slow Motion Diving at Sydney Pool

Story

Story No. within this Issue
13 / 14
Section Title
Sports Page
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coubertin’s Heart Placed at Olympia. DESCRIPTION: The heart of Baron de Coubertin is placed beneath a monument at Olympia. SHOTLIST: Prince Paul of Greece, officiates at the ceremony when the heart of Baron Coubertin, father of the Olympic Games, is placed in a crypta in Olympia. Count Baillet Latour speaks, and the casket is blessed by the high church, then Prince Paul places the casket in the crypta.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Sport; Buildings and structures; Aristocracy; Ceremonies; Religion and belief
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
32959
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Length of story (in feet)
25
Story extras:
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