| BED RACES | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5045 |
| Catalog #: | 299498 | |
| Clip Number: | 299498-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/69 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:44 - 01:31:28 | |
| Location: | Romsey, Hampshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Unusual FASHION: Sleepwear, Pajamas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire SPORTS: Recreational TRANSPORTATION: Unusual | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 312672 THE GREAT BED RACE Romsey, Hampshire SV Ext. as young girl gets into bed at Romsey Hants. CU Ditto. CU Person making final adjust- ments to wheel. Pan up to show girl seated on bed. CU The girl. SV Girl sitting in bed. Bed is done up and called a Bedmoblie G.T. CU Girl settling down in her seat in the bedmoblie. CU Wheels of bed moving forward. Pan up to people pushing it. This bed is moving towards starting line. CU Girl in bed being pushed along towards starting line. CU Another ditto. CU Sign on bed pan up to lady sitting on bed. AS. Ditto. Pan down to pot hanging under bed. GV Beds lined up for start. CU Carnival Queen of Romsey 18 year old Jane Edwards starting race. SV Pan as beds race away. GV Beds race to- wards camera. Back V. Beds start to go out into the country. GV Bed going across small stream. Somebody on bank throws flour out over people who ar pushing the bed. SV Four men holding bed above their heads coming across narrow bridge. GV More beds across stream with poeple throwing flour at people pushing them. SV Bed being pushed across narrow bridge. This bed belongs to Romsey Young Farmers which was eventual second in race. Followed by another bed. SV Another bed being brought across bridge. CU Wheel on bed turning. AS. Bed with long dragon's head pointing from bottom is pushed up ramp which has been greased so that people slip and slide. Bed comes over ramp. A man standing in back of van throws bucket of water over poeple pushing it. GV Four poster bed over ramp. Man throws bucket of water. Travelling S. through street as camera passes bed. Travelling S. Ditto. Another bed. This bed is the one with the sepent's head on it. In this shot head is touching the ground CU Pan as winning bed finishes. SV As bed comes to a halt. People who have been pushing it slump onto the bed. SV Crowd. SV One of the people who were pushing winning bed receives trophy from Jane Edwards. The person kisses Jane Edwards. | |
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