Athletics - London V Prague

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1376

Date Released

17 Oct 1955

Date submitted

13 Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1India’s Tragic Flood
2. 2Soviet Navy Here
3. 3Athletics - London V Prague
4. 4Boxing - Britain V Russia
5. 5The Gordons Leave for Cyprus
6. 6Commando Patrol in Cyprus
7. 7The Duke in Denmark
8. *Dance Festival
9. *Beauty Amid Flowers

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London V Prague - Athletics at White City. DESCRIPTION: Held at White City, the floodlit London - Prague Athletics match (sponsored by the Evening News) produced some big thrills. SHOTLIST: GV White City Stadium. SCU pole vault. CU Diane Leather winning event. SCU 10,000 metres, Gordon Pirie, Emil Zatopek and Ken Norris interchanging positions. SCU Pirie and Norris overtaking Zatopek. CU Pirie makes his burst and wins. CU Pirie posing after winning.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics

Locations

White City, London

Card file number

64854

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

117

Story extras:

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