Athletes of Lakeland

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1890
Date Released
23 Aug 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Athletes of Lakeland. DESCRIPTION: Set amid the rolling, rugged hills on the Westmorland Cumberland border, has been a major sporting centre for well over a hundred years. Pictures show various events in the 1965 Grasmere Games. SHOTLIST: GV pan Grasmere Sports Arena. MLS Scots band past. MS ditto. LS wrestlers lined up. MS ditto. CU one of wrestlers. Pan down to show stitching on boys trunks. LS Alan Davidson wrestling in light heavyweight class. MS spectators cheering. LS runners in guides race. MS pan runners climbing over stone wall. MS policeman near top of Butter Crag. MS W Teasdale No 1 over gate on course. BS ditto on course. MS woman with camera at finish. MLS W Teasdale winning guides race. MS ditto after race. CU gag containing aniseed paraffin and oil being dragged over hound trail. BS ditto. MS official starting hound trail event. MS hounds away from start. MS pan hounds past over walls. CU men watching through binoculars. MLS owners calling hounds at finish. Pan to hounds, coming to finish. CU winning hound with its owner after race.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Westmorland; Grasmere; Lake District
Card file number
90085
Credits:
Camera
Derdon
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
153
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Athletes of Lakeland', British Movietone News Issue No. 1890, 23 Aug 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26116 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)