Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: The Queen Starts the Marathon
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Starts Marathon. DESCRIPTION: The Queen starts the Windsor Castle to Chiswick Marathon. Before the race Their Majesties talked with some of the competitors. SHOTLIST: KS King & Queen walk onto grass to greet runners. MS runners, about two hundred. Queen shakes hands with Jack Holden. GV Queen and King talking to runners. Queen handed starting pistol, nice shot of King laughing, Queen starts race, cut to competitors running out of Windsor Castle grounds. Runners past camera. Trucking shot runners thinning out along road. Runners out of camera. CU trucking Jack Holden. Holden enters Chiswick Stadium. CU Holden, the winner.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Sport
- Locations
- London
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Card file number
- 50377
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 110
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: The Queen Starts the Marathon', British Movietone News Issue No. 994A, 24 Jun 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15171 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)