Cross Country Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2267A
Date Released
16 Nov 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cross Country Race. DESCRIPTION: The Findus International Cross Country Race - organised by the International Athletes’ Club - on Parliament Hill Fields. Bedford and Keino also-rans. Winner Dave Black for Great Britain. SHOTLIST: LV competitors assembled at the start. CU Irish competitor. SV pan competitors lined up on starting line. LV pan to BV of race. GV competitors running across Parliament Hill Field. GV ditto pan with No K1 Ben Jipcho (Kenya). SV E2 Dave Black (GB) jumping obstacle in lead. CU crowd. GV Jipcho jumping obstacle in 2nd place. GV pan other competitors jumping obstacle. GV pan Black well in lead, near to finish line. SV pan Jipcho followed closely by Dave Clarke who came in 3rd. GV pan Kip Keino. GV pan Black winning race. SV Jipcho coming in 2nd. SV Black holding up trophy. CU Jipcho signing autographs. SV Kenya team manager receiving prize for best team. CU Keino signing autographs.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
London; Parliament Hill Fields
Card file number
98627
Credits:
Camera
David Allan
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Length of story (in feet)
153
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'Cross Country Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2267A, 16 Nov 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29650 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)