Tokyo - Medals Galore

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1847
Date Released
26 Oct 1964
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Medals Galore. DESCRIPTION: Britain will look back on the Olympics with a fair share of justifiable pride. Besides the medals we’ve brought home, our athletes have got new world records to their credit. SHOTLIST: MS pan of women’s hurdle race. MCU Fred Hanson (USA) pole vault. Ralph Boston (USA) long jump. MS revolving record board. MS Ter-Oranesyan (Russia) long jump. MS record board. MLS pan Lynn Davies (GB) long jump. MSU Lynn Davies. LS Davies on rostrum. MS Bikila (Ethiopia) marathon. Clarke (Australia) and Hogan (Ireland). Bikila Abebe. MS enters stadium and winning, followed by others. MSU Bikila on rostrum. MCU Basil Heatley 2nd for GB. MS Bikila - Heatley - Tsuburraya. LS start of women’s 800 metres. MS last lap - pan Ann Packer (GB) crossing line and winning. Ann Packer - Robbie Brightwell. Result board. Medals presented. Also mentioned in the commentary:- Brian Kilby.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
Tokyo; Japan
Footage sources
Japan
Card file number
88981
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
330
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Tokyo - Medals Galore', British Movietone News Issue No. 1847, 26 Oct 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25723 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)