Tartan Barrel Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2288
Date Released
9 Apr 1973
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tartan Barrel Race. DESCRIPTION: The Great Tartan Race from Edinburgh to London. 42 teams from British universities and colleges race for charity with 50 lb beer barrels. SHOTLIST: LV Edinburgh Castle. GV tartan team sitting in stands. GV Scottish pipers march past stands, pan down at 14’ to beer barrels. CU pan mass of competitors race up track to beer barrels. SCU 2 students in clown’s dress, rolling barrel. GV competitors with barrel, dressed in climbing gear, from Birmingham Polytechnic. GV competitors dressed in climbing gear, climbing up rope in road. CU ditto, camera levels up, pan to crowd watching. CU pan girls on tartan Rolls Royce. CU pan girls on bicycle. CU pan team members dressed in Al Capone style outfits standing on hearse decorated with tartan shrouds. GV students with Loch Ness Monster at bay. GV pre historic monster Tartanosaurus. GV Royal Scot pan down to girls arriving pushing barrel on trolley. AS name Finish. TS past barrier at finish Great Tartan Race. GV team arriving dressed as endangered animals species. CU ditto. GV pan Scottish team arriving, 1 man carrying barrel on his shoulder. GV 2 tartan personalities (girls). BV 2 men putting barrel on small truck. GV pan students arriving carrying barrel on platform. GV pan Al Capone hearse arriving. CU crowd watching. CU the Tartanosaurus. SV pan the long monster arriving. SV girls watching. GV crowds looking at Tartanosaurus. CU head of ditto with eye winking.
Keywords
Students; Education and training; Fundraising
Locations
London; Edinburgh
Card file number
98986
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
195
Story extras:
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'Tartan Barrel Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2288, 9 Apr 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29840 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)