Winter Olympics

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2437
Date Released
15 Feb 1976
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympic Emblem. DESCRIPTION: For the second time Innsbruck is the setting for the Winter Olympics. Movietone presents some highlights from the first few days of the Games. SHOTLIST: GV Olympic Stadium with teams entering. MLS British team entering stadium with John Curry in lead with flag, zoom in. MS Federal President Kirchschlager in box pull back. MS Japanese team entering stadium. LS Josef Feistmantl with torch running up steps to light flames, zoom in. MS Feistmantl at top of step going towards step to flame. LS people in stadium. MLS Feistmantl lighting first flame. MS Feistmantl going on up and giving torch to Christl Haas to light 1964 flame. GV stadium with flames burning. MS flames burning. MLS part of bobsled course pan as bobsled goes round corner (West Germany). MS spectators. MS bobsled track and bobsled goes past and round corner. MLS bobsled coming out of corner and past camera. MS bobsled at end of track in the time of 3 min 44.99 secs. They came second. MLS looking down past of bobsled course to time keeping board. MS East German team starting off. MS spectators. MS bobsled of East Germans going past camera and round corner. MS spectators. MS East German bobsled coming out of corner and past camera. MS board with course and time on it reading 3 min 44.42 secs which won them first prize. MS the two East Germans (Nemmer and Germeshausen) in bobsled at bottom of the course. MLS start of the figure skating pairs free programme, Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev USSR on the ice starting their programme. MS people watching. MS the two Russians doing more of their programme. MS people clapping. MS the two Russians finishing their performance, they stop at 557’. GV mountains with finish for downhill skiing in foreground. MS around starting lodge. MS No 8 Herbert Plank starting off, pan as he goes past. MLS No 8 coming down course and past camera. He came 3rd. MS No 26 Bartelski starting. MS No 26 coming down hill and towards and past camera. MS No 3 starting off (Bernhard Russi). MLS No 3 coming down towards and past camera, he came second. MS No 15 Franz Klammer starting. MLS No 15 coming towards camera and past. MCU peoples’ faces watching. MS No 15 in slow motion coming down track. MS No 15 going down last part of course down past camera and over the line. MS No 15 sliding towards camera with hand in the air. Story ends.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Winter sports; Newsreels
Locations
Austria
Footage sources
Austria
Card file number
76/21
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
335
Story extras:

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