Summer Ski Jump

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1670
Date Released
5 Jun 1961
Date submitted
1 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Summer Ski Jump. DESCRIPTION: Yes, they’ve had snow in June at Wembley, for Winter sport in Summer time. The ski-tower is 150 feet high, and some of Europe’s top ski-jumpers were over for this international two day contest. The straw’s to make unhappy landings happier. With artificial snow on top. Crash-landings, in fact, were pretty frequent. Jumps of more than 110 feet were made at this meeting. SHOTLIST: LS the jump (2) men laying down straw. MS men laying down plastic material. MS skier on plastic material. CU skier cleaning skis. GV jump (2). Skiers climbing up jump. BS skier down jump. LS skier falls. CU skier takes off. LS skier falls. LS same. GV skier jumps. LS skier jumps. BS same.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
London; England; Wembley
Card file number
82594
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Summer Ski Jump', British Movietone News Issue No. 1670, 5 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24131 (Accessed 29 May 2025)