Royal Tournament in the Open Air

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
553
Date Released
29 Jul 1965
Date recorded
5 Jul 1965
Length of issue (in feet)
682
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
Pathe synopsis: The Royal Marines put on the gun-running-hunting cabaret act which is a foretaste of fighting skills the Armed Forces put on for their famous Royal Tournament in the Open Air. From the Marines we move on to the RAF police dog act - a fight against an armed intruder that rolls from the roof of a car to the ground - a fight that makes previous ones look like staged and improbable imitations of a real arrest. Here you see the discipline that, in a moment, you re-encounter at Devonport as the Field Gun Race gets under way. This is the race that for sixty Royal Tournaments has thrilled the public only we see it in close-ups and out in the open. It takes tough athletes to make the Field Gun Race look easy - and it takes tough athletes to make gymnasts look graceful and effortless. The Army Physical Training Corps do that and more - they show the split-second timing, the teamwork, the fitness and the daring that, you gasp to discover, Service life can still stir in a man.
Keywords
Displays; Military
Locations
Aldershot; Devonport; Devon; England; Essex; Hampshire; Debden
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
642
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Tournament in the Open Air', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 553, 29 Jul 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121671 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)