National Cross-Country Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2493
Date Released
13 Mar 1977
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cross Country Championships. DESCRIPTION: Over 1400 competitors started out at Parliament Hill Fields in the National Cross Country Championships. The winner was Olympic Bronze Medallist, Brendan Foster. SHOTLIST: LS start of race. MS over 1400 competitors starting. Shots runners spreading out. MS P Norrel past camera. Various of race. MS Brendan Foster. Various of race. MS A Lancaster past. Shots of competitors running and jumping over ditch. Crowd watching. LS Tony Simmonds in lead with Bernie Ford on the outside and Foster behind. MS three leaders. MS M Thacker, Dave Bedford and B Smith. Pan finish with 1st Brendan Foster, 2nd Bernie Ford, 3rd Tony Simmonds, 4th D Black. Dave Bedford 7th. MS crowds. CS Foster gives victory wave.
Keywords
Athletics
Locations
London; Parliament Hill Fields
Card file number
77/47
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Richard Day
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
Film clip

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'National Cross-Country Championships', British Movietone News Issue No. 2493, 13 Mar 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30959 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)