News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

267

Date Released

16 Jul 1934

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. HM Schofield Wins King’s Cup Air Race
• 2. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is opening of Costermonger’s Fair by Princess Louise at Kensington Field
• 3. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Portsmouth - German sailors board HMS "Victory"
• 4. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: San Francisco - Ugly dock strike
• 5. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Douglas, IOM - Kaye Don’s trial
• 6. AAA Championships at White City
• 7. Eton Meets Harrow in Lord’s Encounter

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: AAA Championships at White City. DESCRIPTION: Movietone presents the story of finals day, with comments on the races, by HM Abrahams. SHOTLIST: Flat racing, start and race. Throwing the hammer. Starting pistol fired into the air. Flat race starts. Cooper wins. Monmouth Police and Ulster Constabularies have tug o’ war. CU of team and CU of face of the last man. Start of the 120yd hurdles. Finlay racing in this. Start of the quarter mile flat race. Shots of the race.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Athletics; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3016

Credits:

Commentator

Harold M. Abrahams

Length of story (in feet)

143

Story extras:

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