Soviet Athletes Call It Off

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1422
Date Released
3 Sep 1956
Date submitted
29 Aug 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Athletes in Training. DESCRIPTION: The Russians over here for the athlete contest, have suddenly called it off, owing to a charge of shop-lifting being brought against one of their members. SHOTLIST: Shot of Russian athletes. Women athlete takes off her jumper. Man putting on running shoes. Woman limbering up. Shots of Nina Ponomareva throwing the discus. CU Nina Ponomareva. Slip pan to Russian athlete training over the hurdles. Woman practising throwing the javelin. Various shots of the Russian athletes walking along.
Keywords
Sport; Crime
Locations
London
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
68074
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Soviet Athletes Call It Off', British Movietone News Issue No. 1422, 3 Sep 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21158 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)