World Cycling Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2149
Date Released
10 Aug 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Cycling Championships. DESCRIPTION: A frustrating start to the World Cycling Championships at Leicester as heavy rain disrupts the early events. but the Prime Minister performs the opening ceremony and meets some of the competitors from 38 participating nations. SHOTLIST: GV soldiers march into arena carrying banners with names of nations. SV ditto. CU feet march through pool of water. SV Mr Heath arrives in stands. LV crowd. CU Heath opens championships. SV people applaud. LV groups of balloons released. SV Heath with cyclists. SV Heath shakes hands with cyclist. Heath shakes hands with Japanese cyclist. Heath talks to Netherlands cyclists. Heath with girl cyclist (Audrey McElmury) on bike. CU flags & names Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica. SV Heath with Trinidad & Tobago cyclists. CU rear of mini skirt with flags ‘1970’ on GV pan group cyclists round track.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Weather; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Leicester; United Kingdom
Card file number
96237
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'World Cycling Championships', British Movietone News Issue No. 2149, 10 Aug 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28427 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)