Festival of Sport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1784A
Date Released
15 Aug 1963
Date Other
Aug 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival of Sport. DESCRIPTION: An International Festival of Sport at Leipzig, and a leading spectator - Herr Ulbricht, leader of the East German Republic. Certainly a spectacular event, demonstrating what a flair the Germans have for this sort of display. In New South Wales three thousand schoolboys provided quite a weighty problem for the organisers of a Rugby League Knockout contest. SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS participants of IVth International Track and Field Festival in Leipzig with flaming torches. MS same. MS leader of the East German Republic Walter Ulbricht arrives. CU Ulbricht. CU participants waving. LS firework display. CU same. TS display by athletes. MCU same. CU spectators. MS display. CU same. CU spectators. TS mass display. GV same. GV spectators. MS pan up tower of athletes. GV pan across stadium. TS school boys in Australia. MS same being weighed. CU same. CU schoolboys being stamped on arm. GV crowd. GV pan same. MS spectators. CU pan same. GV crowd. GV pan same. MS little boys (spectators) fighting.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
Australia; Leipzig; New South Wales; East Germany; Junee
Footage sources
Australia
Germany
Card file number
87060
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
185
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Festival of Sport', British Movietone News Issue No. 1784A, 15 Aug 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25210 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)