Olympics Roll-Of-Honour
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wembley - Roll of Honour. DESCRIPTION: The recent Roll-of-Honour ceremony at Wembley was an echo of the 14th Olympiad. Mrs Fanny Blankers-Koen, the famous Dutch athlete, was there and so was Arthur Wint. The ceremony was performed by Lord Burghley in place of Mr Bevin, who was in hospital. SHOTLIST: KS. MS entrance Wembley Stadium. MS platform in front of where plaques were built into wall. CU Fanny Blankers-Koen. CU Arthur Wint. SCU Sir Stanley Rous with another gentleman - unknown. CU Sir Arthur Elvin. Lord Burghley addresses the gathering. MS Lord Burghley unveiling the plaques. Trumpeters sounding. Cut-in sound. Lord Burghley with Blankers-Koen look at plaque, cut-in of plaque & CU of Fanny Blankers-Koen names on plaques in several plaques.
- Keywords
- Sport; Women; Ceremonies
- Locations
- Wembley Stadium
- Card file number
- 53570
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 113
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'Olympics Roll-Of-Honour', British Movietone News Issue No. 1089A, 20 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16344 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)