News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date submitted

13 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Queen in the Western Isles
• 2. Aviation: Naval Air Display
• 3. Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
• 4. Aviation: Airlift
• 5. Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
• 6. Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
• 7. Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
• 8. Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
• 9. Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
• 10. Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
• 11. Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
• *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 11

Section Title

Sporting Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: East German Athletic Meeting. DESCRIPTION: The East German athletic meeting was held in a brand new stadium at Leipzig. An exciting show was given by hundred thousand athletes. SHOTLIST: Aerial over the new stadium. TPS crowds. LS of the crowd changing boards which says different words, Einheit and then Frieden. MCU men carrying flags. Various shots of PT display. CU competitors watching. Shots of men performing on the parallel bars. Crowds watching. Athlete perform with rings etc. TPS of the ring performance.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Germany; Leipzig

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

67890

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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