Vive Le Sport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1416
Date Released
23 Jul 1956
Date Other
Jul 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vive Le Sport. DESCRIPTION: The five mile International Down River race, organised by the French Kayak Club. Soviet sporting stars of the future start young, at a training camp near Moscow. Dancers at the Festival in Pamplona. SHOTLIST: Various shots of Kayak racing at the International Down River race. Man turns boat over and rolls under water and back up again. Slip pan to CU of Russian schoolgirl at training camp near Moscow performing on the beam. Girl does splits on mat. CU line of girls. Girl does back flip. CU girls. Two boys doing acrobatics. Slip pan to Pamplona, Spain. Various shots of festival, people dancing etc. Men giving a donkey a drink. Man playing a trumpet and then having a drink.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure
Locations
France; Moscow; Russia; Spain; Pamplona
Footage sources
France
Card file number
67649A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Vive Le Sport', British Movietone News Issue No. 1416, 23 Jul 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21071 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)