Tokyo Prelude - Britain Beat France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1841A
Date Released
17 Sep 1964
Date submitted
11 Sep 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tokyo Prelude - Britain Beat France. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show an athletics meeting at White City. We were to win the match and one of our chief victories underlined the strength of our hopes for the four hundred metres relay. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS start of women’s 4 x 100 metres relay. MS judges. LS pan women’s 100 metres race in progress. LS women’s 80 metres hurdles - Mary Rand wins. CU Mary Rand. MS pan start of men’s 1500 metres race. MS crowd. MS race in progress. MS crowd. LS race in progress and pan Bruce Tulloh. MS runners past camera with Tulloh behind. GV crowd. LS M Jazy (France) wins race. LS start of 4 x 400 metres relay. GV crowd. MLS Adrian Metcalfe hands over to John Sherwood. MS crowd. MLS pan Sherwood hands over to JH Cooper. GV crowd. MLS pan Cooper hands over to Peter Warden. CU spectator. LS pan Robbie Brightwell wins race. Other athletes mentioned in the commentary include:- John Herring.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
White City, London
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
88844
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
185
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Tokyo Prelude - Britain Beat France', British Movietone News Issue No. 1841A, 17 Sep 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25677 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)