News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

455

Date Released

21 Feb 1938

Date submitted

17 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 2. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 3. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 4. At Home & Abroad: His Majesty at Woolwich Arsenal
• 5. At Home & Abroad: Three Submarines launched at Barrow-in-Furness
• 6. At Home & Abroad: Ex-President Hoover in Belgium
• 7. At Home & Abroad: Roumanian politics take a new turn
• 8. Woman’s Page
• 9. Woman’s Page
• 10. Woman’s Page
• 11. Sports Page: Uni-Cycle Race through London
• 12. Sports Page: Mass Wrestling
• 13. Sports Page: Eclipse Stakes at Bombay
• 14. Answers to Correspondents
• 15. Answers to Correspondents
• 16. Answers to Correspondents

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 16

Section Title

Sports Page

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Uni-Cycle Race Through London. SHOTLIST: A race through London on one wheeled cycles to settle a bet between Gene Sheldon and George Dormonde. Among the spectators at the start are the glamour girls from the London Casino. General views of race including tracking shot.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Competitions; Performing arts

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

32626

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

35

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive