Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World of Sport - Olympic Hopes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
985A
Date Released
22 Apr 1948
Date submitted
19 Apr 1948
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World of Sport - British Olympic Hopes. DESCRIPTION: British Olympic athletes attend a training camp at Clacton. SHOTLIST: KS MS Miss Lucas prepares to throw discus. Lucas throwing discus. Maureen Gardner practises a start. SLS Jean Desforges running and hurdling. The above girls, last two mentioned, walk across beach at Clacton. SCU of them and CU. CU Sydney Wooderson. MS Smith, Jones and Wilkinson jog-trotting. Cut-in cameraman. Redsull pole vaulting. Girls playing leap-frog. Mixed class of Physical Training on Clacton beach.
Locations
Essex; Clacton-on-Sea
Card file number
50110
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World of Sport - Olympic Hopes', British Movietone News Issue No. 985A, 22 Apr 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15066 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)