A Tough Week-End

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1683A
Date Released
7 Sep 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Tough Week-End. DESCRIPTION: Over two dozen teams of young Territorials from the 44th Home Counties Division competed over a 60-mile training course. Crossing the Thames in rubber dinghies was one of the highlights. There were 30 miles of foot slogging during this very tough week-end. All honour to the chaps competing, and about 50% of them were teenagers, a point worth noting. The whole event, by the way, was won by 562 Company RASC, Parachute Brigade. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Territorial Army with jeeps and dinghies on river bank. GV same. MS Territorials carrying dinghy. GV Territorials putting dinghies in river. GV same crossing river. MS Territorial with rucksack on back paddling across river. MS three Territorials in dinghy. LS same climbing out of dinghy - one falls in. LS Territorial Army marching. MS same. MS legs marching. LS same. GV same marching. GV same going across a muddy canal. LS same. MS same. GV one man gets stuck in the mud another comes to help him. Various of them climbing over walls etc. GV man falls over in muddy canal another holds him up and helps him out.
Keywords
Military; Youth
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
83091
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Tough Week-End', British Movietone News Issue No. 1683A, 7 Sep 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24261 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)