News In Flashes - Pancake Race At Olney (1951)

Olney, Buckinghamshire. CU. Track back from pancake in pan. SV. Women tossing pancakes in pans. CU. Pan, women lined up for start of the pancake race. CU. Mr Morgan, the Town Crier, in Napoleon’s head dress ringing Town Crier’s bell for start. Side view, Mr Morgan ringing bell and start. Travel shot, women racing holding pans with pancakes in. SV. People watching from side of road. Women race past. Travel shot, women along road past crowds headed by winner - Mrs Dix. CU. Man blowing hunting horn. GV. Top view, pan, women racing with pans along road past crowds approaching church. SV. Crowds in foreground watching women racing up to entrance of church. Top view, crowds round entrance. SV. Miss Elizabeth Hearn, US Embassy, presenting pressure cooker to Mrs Dix. CU. Mrs Dix smiling. SV. William Maynard verger, kissing Mrs Dix. (.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES