Winter Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1233
Date Released
19 Jan 1953
Date submitted
15 Jan 1953
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Winter Championships - Ballroom Dancing. DESCRIPTION: In Munich, fourteen couples from nine countries competed in the International Dancing Contest for the 1953 Grand Prix. In Austria - a vastly different Winter sport - ski-jumping at Bischofschofen. Finally, to Grossinger, New York, where the idea is for skaters to jump over barrels. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Dancing. Various shots of dancing. Australians Alf Davies & Julia Reaby dancing. SCU winners, Sonny Binnick & Joyce Hayward dancing. CU of the two posing. WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS - Ski Jumping - CARD 58418. Location - Bischofschofen, Austria. Cut story - KS. Elevated GV Crowds down sides of run. Various shots of ski jumpers in action, all angles. No 34 - Halver Nacs of Norway making the winning jump. CU of him. (169 ft). WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS - BARREL JUMPING - CARD 58412. Location - Grossinger, New York. Cut story - KS. Competitor jumping over barrels. Various shots of competitors jumping over barrels, several spills. Reverse photography of one jump. (72 ft).
Local distribution only
Not shown in Newcastle.
Keywords
Sport; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Performing arts; Newsreels
Locations
Germany; Munich
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
58416
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel Marson
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Winter Championships', British Movietone News Issue No. 1233, 19 Jan 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18322 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)