Fantastic Mile

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
66/59
Date Released
24 Jul 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1David Broome Sweeps Clean
  2. 2France Parades Power
  3. 3Marge is Marvellous - Miss Universe
  4. 4Fantastic Mile
  5. 5Lord Warden Sir Robert

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
The mile of the century run by 19-year-old Jim Ryun slashes the world record by two seconds and gives the title to America for the first time since 1934.
Keywords
Records
Locations
California; Berkeley
Footage sources
Telenews
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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