The Height of Endeavour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1892
Date Released
6 Sep 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Height of Endeavour. DESCRIPTION: A party of sportsmen and women are in Austria to test the body’s reaction to exercise at high altitudes. They are preparing for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in three years time. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS mountain train leaves the station. GV pan mountain scenery. MS mountain train. CU station notice board. MLS canoeist disembarking from train. MS two canoeists carrying their canoe up the mountain. MLS same. CU same. GV lake in the mountain. Pan down to group of canoeists. MS group of canoeists. MCS doctor checking canoeist’s blood pressure. CU same. MCU canoeists paddling their canoe out on the lake. LS pan same. MS pan two canoeists in single seaters racing one another. LS pan same. LS canoeist paddling his canoe. MS instructor speaking into walkie-talkie. MS woman canoeist comes into shore for blood pressure test. MCU woman having blood pressure checked. GV pan up lake and mountain.
Keywords
Sport; Health and medicine
Locations
Austria
Footage sources
France
Card file number
90129
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Height of Endeavour', British Movietone News Issue No. 1892, 6 Sep 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26132 (Accessed 25 Feb 2026)