Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: The Queen Starts the Marathon

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
994A
Date Released
24 Jun 1948
Date submitted
22 Jun 1948
Date submitted
21 Jun 1948
Stories in this 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:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:

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'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)