Olympics

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

68/85

Date Released

20 Oct 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New Lifeboat
2. 2Moscow Circus
3. 3Manchester United v Estudiantes
4. 4Olympics

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Britain got the Gold Standard with a tremendous world record shattering run by David Hemery in the 400 Metres Hurdles. Hemery proved he was the greatest when he won in an astonishing 48.1 seconds. A great performance too by Britain’s John Sherwood who claimed the Bronze Medal. This race is the highlight of Pathe’s Olympic report which includes other exciting moments of sporting history as it was made.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Mexico

Footage sources

Polygoon

Length of story (in feet)

270

Story extras:

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Notes

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