On Top - Down Under

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1749A
Date Released
13 Dec 1962
Date submitted
7 Dec 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On Top - Down Under. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s professional dancing champions Bobbie and Bill Irvine take the floor in Melbourne for the World Professional Dancing Championships. Top ranking professionals competing for a supreme award. They had already won every other title now they were out for the jackpot. The quickstep and the British pair flat out on the run home. And after it’s success for Bobbie and Bill. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS dancers in Festival Hall. GV same. No 3 dancing (2 shots). MS dancers, No 5 (Bobbie and Bill Irvine, England) dancing (2 shots). MS dancers. CU of No 5’s feet. MS Bobbie and Bill Irvine. MS crowd applaud. MS Bobbie and Bill Irvine receive prize. MS crowd applaud. MS Bobbie and Bill Irvine doing dance of honour (2 shots). (This was the World Professional Ballroom Dancing Championships).
Keywords
Music and dance; Competitions
Locations
Melbourne; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
85622
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'On Top - Down Under', British Movietone News Issue No. 1749A, 13 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24918 (Accessed 24 Nov 2025)