Sporting Highlights

Series

Series Name

Universal News

Issue

Issue No.

1870

Date Released

17 Jun 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

718

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News in Brief
2. 2News in Brief
3. 3News in Brief
4. 4Sporting Highlights
5. 5Trailer: Doctor’s Dilemma

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Amateur boxing at Wembley (110 feet) Wightman Cup tennis at Wimbledon (109 feet) Shelsley Walsh hill climb (57 feet) Scottish AA championships (79 feet) Olympic divers at Los Angeles (84 feet) Tribute to the Australians (54 feet)

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing; Cricket; Athletics

Length of story (in feet)

498

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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