Athletes of Lakeland

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1838
Date Released
24 Aug 1964
Date submitted
20 Aug 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Athletes of Lakeland. DESCRIPTION: Set amid rolling rugged hills on the Westmorland - Cumberland border, the arena at Grasmere has been a major sporting centre for well over a hundred years. A centre of professional athletics, where top flat races like the hundred yards can net the winner a prize of £40. Perhaps the most famous event is the Guides Race - a gruelling climb to the top of Butter Crag, almost a thousand feet up. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan hills of Westmorland and pan to sports arena at Grasmere. MLS man pole vaulting. MS finish of the 100 yards. MS pan winner collects money from bookie. CU same. MS spectators. TS athletes running up hill in Guides Race. MCU same over wall. BS same. LS wrestlers. MS line of wrestlers. CU young boy wrestler. CU pan down pattern on boy’s wrestling outfit. MCU boy receives prize. MCU crowd. MS wrestlers in action. MS crowd. MLS wrestling. CU winner. MLS man running down hill. MS R Morton winning Guides Race. CU Morton. MS pan man laying scent out for dogs’ race. CU pups. MS start of dogs’ race. MS dogs over wall (2 shots). CU crowd. MLS dogs over wall. LS pan dog runs downhill. MS dogs over wall. MLS down hill. MS owners of dogs. LS dog finishes race and pan to winning dog Wonder.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Cumberland; Westmorland; Grasmere; Lake District
Card file number
88747
Credits:
Camera
Keith Josephs
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
207
Story extras:
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'Athletes of Lakeland', British Movietone News Issue No. 1838, 24 Aug 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25651 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)