News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

399A

Date Released

28 Jan 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Reports: Spanish Stalemate
• 2. Reports: France honours the late Queen Astrid of the Belgians
• 3. Reports: Royal Honeymooners - Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard
• 4. Reports: General Goering on Isle of Capri
• 5. Reports: Viceroy in Burma
• 6. Reports: Give and take in Glasgow
• 7. Reports: Trotsky in Mexico
• 8. Reports: Martin Johnson plane crash
• 9. Reports: Aviation progress
• 10. Wedding
• 11. Politics
• 12. Floods: Description by Eric Dunstan
• 13. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Boxing - Walter Neusel and Jack Petersen in training
• 14. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Motor cycling - Reliability Tests
• 15. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Wrestling

Story

Story No. within this Issue

14 / 15

Section Title

Sports: Reported by Alan Howland

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Cycling. SHOTLIST: Cycles through water and up the rough hill surface. Speeded up shots of cycle past camera falling and being picked up. Hell-Fire in Lancashire.

Keywords

Vehicles; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5076

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

23

Story extras:

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