News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

278

Date Released

1 Oct 1934

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Endeavour Wins and Loses
• 2. Movietone News Paragraphs: Croydon - Two aerial visitors
• 3. Movietone News Paragraphs: Crystal Palace - Brass Bands compete
• 4. Movietone News Paragraphs: Tilbury - Australian cricketers sail
• 5. Movietone News Paragraphs: Warsaw - Gordon-Bennett Race
• 6. Arrest Made in Lindbergh Case
• 7. The Train Crash at Warrington
• 8. Hill Climbing at Shelsley Walsh

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hill Climbing at Shelsley Walsh. SHOTLIST: Shots of car up the hill. One car starting off. Instrument ticks off seconds for start with lights. Car has blocks taken from wheels before start. Mr Whitney Straight and Miss Skinner shake hands. Miss Skinner starts in No 13. One car dives off road, up the bank and the driver climbs out unhurt. It careers into the people on the bank.

Keywords

Sport; Vehicles; Women

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3181

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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