The Sporting Scene: Landy Beaten

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1406

Date Released

14 May 1956

Date submitted

10 May 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Algeria - Critical Days
2. 2News in Brief: A Princely Wedding
3. 3News in Brief: The Swiss Guard
4. 4News in Brief: Empress of England
5. 5News in Brief: A Missile’s Mistake
6. 6The Sporting Scene: Continental Cycling
7. 7The Sporting Scene: The Chester Cup
8. 8The Sporting Scene: Landy Beaten
9. 9The Sporting Scene: England Beat Brazil
10. *Royal Tour of West Country

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Section Title

The Sporting Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Landy Beaten. DESCRIPTION: Los Angeles and a special Invitation Mile, featuring world record holder, John Landy, who was beaten by a fellow Australian, Jim Bailey. SHOTLIST: Shots of John Landy and Jim Bailey running. Racing shots. Two together. Jim Bailey wins.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics

Locations

United States of America; Los Angeles

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

66902

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

45

Story extras:

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