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Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

244

Date Released

5 Feb 1934

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is bevy of black cats vying in Dublin for honour of posing as sweepstake model
• 2. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Edinburgh - Wales beat Scotland 13-6
• 3. Australia’s 1934 Test Tourists
• 4. Racing Bobsleighs Corner Too Fast

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Racing Bobsleighs Corner Too Fast. DESCRIPTION: International competition involves many a crash at high speed on Olympic track at Garmisch. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Bobsleighing. Start etc. Close shot of the English team on the sleigh and taking a start. Shots of the run and one falls off. Close shot of the spectators clapping in the snow. Various shots of the runs and of the crashes.

Keywords

Sport; Winter sports

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2792

Length of story (in feet)

113

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