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Steve Ovett outburst at Commonwealth Games qualifier (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Bays reports on an emotional outburst by athlete Steve Ovett at the end of the fifteen hundred metre Commonwealth Games qualifier in Birmingham. Ovett claims he was offered money for competing, unlike...

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Weightlifters on steroids shock (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Matthews reports on the revelation that Welsh team manager, Myrddin John, has used anabolic steroids. Follows on from the case of Welsh weightlifters, Ricky Chaplin and Gareth Hives, who have both been...

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Weightlifters fail drug tests (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

George Matheson interview with UK Sports Minister, Colin Moynihan, in Auckland at the Commonwealth Games, on the case of Welsh weightlifters, Ricky Chaplin and Gareth Hives, who have been stripped of their...

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Target - The Stadium

Date released

1962

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

178

NoS ID

349802

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: The raising of finances for the Commonwealth Games, held in Perth, Australia, with Mike Wheeler, Commonwealth Games Appeals chairman, David Beatty, and Dawn Ryan, Miss Western Australia.

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British Empire Games

Date released

5 Aug 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1313A

NoS ID

019422

Story no

8 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Empire Games. DESCRIPTION: The setting for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, was a magnificent new stadium built for the occasion. The opening ceremony was...

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Paraplegic Games

Date released

Aug 1970

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

43

NoS ID

324797

Story no

6 / 6

COI synopsis: The 18th International Paraplegic Games held for the first time at the new Stoke Mandeville stadium.

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Commonwealth Games

Date released

1962

Series name

British Calendar

Issue no

52

NoS ID

323775

Story no

1 / 2

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Empire Games - Chataway’s Victory

Date released

9 Aug 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1314

NoS ID

019431

Story no

9 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Games - Chataway’s Victory. DESCRIPTION: The three-mile event in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games proved to be a triumph for English athletes as Chataway, Green and...

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Here for the Games

Date released

10 Jul 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1518A

NoS ID

022481

Story no

3 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Here for the Games. DESCRIPTION: Teams have come from all over the Commonwealth, to compete in the sixth Empire and Commonwealth Games, from July the 18th. Already arrived at the RAF...

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Off to the Games

Date released

12 Nov 1962

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

62/91

NoS ID

110428

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Athletes take plane to Australia to compete in Commonwealth Games.

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