Bucking Jeeps

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1146A
Date Released
24 May 1951
Date submitted
21 May 1951
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bucking Jeeps. DESCRIPTION: It’s an old custom in the town of Yakama, Washington, to get out into the country on Sunday mornings; they used to go roaming on horseback - now they ride in heaps of jeeps. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Into camera - dozens of jeeps along road & turning corner. Various shots of jeeps going over rough country, down very steep inclines, jumping over rough ground, through water & lastly through muddy fields. Cut-in girl taking off her helmet covered in mud. Other girls as passenger nearly thrown out of jeeps as they pass over rough ground.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Environment; Curiosities
Locations
Washington DC; Yakima
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
55490
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Bucking Jeeps', British Movietone News Issue No. 1146A, 24 May 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17147 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)