Leave It to Leg Power!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1798A
Date Released
21 Nov 1963
Date submitted
18 Nov 1963
Date submitted
16 Nov 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leave It to Leg Power!. DESCRIPTION: Riding like L from Southend. The L for leg power wielded by around a hundred and fifty students in a rally to Brentwood. Some twenty miles to go and, as well as building muscles, they’re helping to build funds for an International Student Charity. Colleges from Brighton, Bristol, Reading, Northampton and London took part, and Northampton was the first home. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS start of toy scooter race in Southend. SV competitors along road. MS one of them running with scooter on shoulder. MS tracking competitors along road. MS pan same around roundabout. MS pan same along road. BS tracking two competitors handing over to others. MS one with scooter over shoulder. MS tracking another. BS scooters along road. MS pan winning competitor up to finish. GV students in flour battle. MS same. ES same.
Keywords
Students; Education and training; Curiosities; Competitions; Motorcycling; Fundraising
Locations
Southend-on-Sea; Brentwood
Card file number
87554
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leave It to Leg Power!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1798A, 21 Nov 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25335 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)