News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

455A

Date Released

24 Feb 1938

Date submitted

22 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Cabinet crisis - Mr Eden resigns
• 2. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: All Berlin hears Fuhrer’s speech
• 3. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Singapore Dock is opened
• 4. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Earl and Countess of Athlone in Cairo
• 5. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Royalty at the "British Industries Fair"
• 6. Around Town: with Carl Bernard
• 7. Aviation: New helicopter really moves
• 8. Sport: with Alan Howland: Empire Games Records at Sydney

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Section Title

Sport: with Alan Howland

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Games. Sydney. SHOTLIST: The Games start with a march past of competitors bearing flags with Great Britain in the lead. Lord Wakehurst declares the Games open, the oath is taken by an athlete and hundreds of pigeons are released. Field and track events take place, among which are the 100yds, discus and high jump. In the women’s section the long jump (Newsreel ends here). Women’s track events are contested. In the rowing races on the Nepean River, England narrowly beat Australia in the eights section but are beaten by them in the single sculls. Then the swimming and diving events for both sexes are contested in the Olympic Pool. Sportsmen: Cyril Holmes (GB), ET Thaeker (High Jump), DF Shetliffe (Australia), Decima Norman (Aus - long jump), Miss E Raby (GB), E Coy (discus), Pirie (Canada - swimming), Miss de Lacy (Australia - 110yds), Turner (Aus. - sculls), Jackson (GB), Miss Jean Gilbert (GB), Miss Hook (Aus), George Athens (Canada), Arthur O’Connor (Aus), Ron Masters (Aus), Tomalin (GB).

Keywords

Sport; Rowing; Politics and government; Women; Athletics; Ceremonies; Birds; Water sports; Animals; Newsreels

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

32655

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

97

Story extras:

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