News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2265

Date Released

30 Oct 1972

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Road Bridge Collapse
• 2. Gang Show 40th Anniversary
• 3. Children’s Film Foundation 21st Anniversary
• 4. Pardubice Steeplechase
• 5. News in Colour: German State Visit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pardubice Steeplechase. DESCRIPTION: The World’s toughest steeplechase again provides some spectacular falls. SHOTLIST: GV horse parading. GV crowds and grandstand. CU President Ludvik Svoboda. SV pan start of race. GV pan horses round bend over fence & along straight. GV pan slow motion as they jump another fence, pan back to show several riders falling off. SV pan another jump. GV two horses race towards finish. SLV pan Korok, ridden by Vaclav Chaloupka, wins their third win in Pardubice Steeplechase. SCU winner being led in through crowd.

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Politics and government

Locations

Czechoslovakia

Footage sources

France

Card file number

98588

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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