Over the Top

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1549A
Date Released
12 Feb 1959
Date submitted
10 Feb 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Over the Top. DESCRIPTION: Here is a glimpse of a world championship meeting in France, with competitors from almost a dozen countries. Toboggan world championship. SHOTLIST: Toboggan passes camera (key). LS Toboggan. TS passes camera. Another angle same. Another same. Approaches camera. BS rounds corner. Another pan. Longer shot same. Toboggan passes camera. Pan passes camera. TS toboggan over top of bend. Trucking shot - crashes. TS same - another same. LS same. MS toboggan approaches camera. LS over the top of the bend. MS tobogganist lands on stomach.
Keywords
Sport; Winter sports
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
76334
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Over the Top', British Movietone News Issue No. 1549A, 12 Feb 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22872 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)