News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2109

Date Released

3 Nov 1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fashion
• 2. Rutile Mining
• 3. Neck Breakers
• 4. Mini-Royal Tour

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Neck Breakers. DESCRIPTION: Through the lenses of our cameramen in France, Movietone records some of the most hair-raising daredevil stunts ever attempted as a group of movie stuntmen crash their cars with apparent abandon. But, behind the tumbling tinware and general insanity there’s an amazing skill that certainly isn’t achieved without considerable care and practice. SHOTLIST: MS pan cars over ramp skid to a halt. MS car overturns. MS cars over ramp. 4 shots cars go along on 2 wheels. MS man jumps off back of car and slides along. MS man on bonnet of car. MS pan car carrying ditto, drives through flames. MLS flames. MS pan car carrying man. MCU man walks to crowd. MLS car overturns. MS & MLS ditto. MS cars overturn. MLS and MS ditto. MLS cars crash and burst into flames. MS ditto. MS man douse burning car. 2 shots cars fly off ramp and land on other cars. LAS driver jumps onto ground.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Fires; Stunts

Locations

France

Footage sources

France

Card file number

95314

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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