Six-Day Cycle Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2522
Date Released
2 Oct 1977
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Six-Day Cycle Race. DESCRIPTION: An International event at the closed-in Empire Pool. Partners Sercu and Pijnen of Belgium and Holland beat their Australian rivals Alan and Clarke. SHOTLIST: GV cycle track. MS cyclists. MS cyclists down track. MS competitor resting. MCU ditto reading. MS Steve Heffernan (GB) looking at grazed leg. CU leg tilt to shoe being put on. CU cycle. CU tyre being inflated. CU man looking at bike. CU ditto. CU Heffernan putting crash helmet on. CU pop singer Alvin Stardust. LS cyclist up track. LS ditto. MS cyclists round bend. Various of race. LS finish won by Belgian-Dutch pair Patrick Sercu and Rene Pijnen. Crowd applaud. Winners lap of honour. Winners receive flowers.
Keywords
Sport; Cycling
Locations
London; England; Wembley
Card file number
77/175
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Six-Day Cycle Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2522, 2 Oct 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31041 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)