Point to Point

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1345A
Date Released
17 Mar 1955
Date submitted
11 Mar 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cottenham Point to Point. DESCRIPTION: At Cottenham in Cambridgeshire, a Point to Point meeting was run for entries by undergraduates residing in the University. SHOTLIST: A large tree in the foreground. View through the lower branches looking across country at the course. GV the paddock. CU peoples’ feet in the muddy conditions. Jockeys mounting. CU a bookie or tic-tack man. GV The race in progress - the first jump. Two riders are spilled. Further shots of the jumps being negotiated. GV of another part of the course and the horses galloping past. CU two jockeys walking back, having been unseated.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Cambridge; Cottenham
Card file number
63056
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Point to Point', British Movietone News Issue No. 1345A, 17 Mar 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19921 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)