Athletics - Poland V Britain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1475A
Date Released
12 Sep 1957
Date submitted
7 Sep 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fire!
  2. 2Stirling Moss - The Tops
  3. 3Cyprus News
  4. 4For Colder Days
  5. 5Malay Ruler Installed
  6. 6Athletics - Poland V Britain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Poland V GB Mens Events. DESCRIPTION: The days of athletics in Warsaw with Britain suffering a very narrow defeat at the hand of Poland. On the first day the fifteen hundred metres was won by Derek Ibbotson in 3 minutes 43.8. Gordon Pirie won the 5,000 metres in 14 minutes 0.8. A highlight of the second day was the 800 metres which was won by Rawson in 1 minute 48.7 and Johnson a mere fraction of a second behind. British Women Athletes won their side of the contest, Diane Leather in the 800 metres - time 2 minutes 10.6. Finally the 200 metres won by Segal of Great Britain, who helped us win gain a winning margin of 18 points in the track events. SHOTLIST: GV crowds arriving at stadium. Same. MS British team marching in stadium. MS Polish same. CU same. LS Polish team lined up. LS Great Britain same. MS start of 110 m hurdles. LS same with finish won by Hildreth (GB). MS Ellis throws hammer & wins (GB). LS throw 210’ 11.5’ is measured. CU same. MS Pole throws hammer, prob. Rut 2nd. GV stadium. MS pan shot of 400 m won by Swatowski. Finish of same. CU winner. LS crowd. MS start of 1500 m. Racing shot Ibbotson 2nd. MS officials watch. Racing shot. Same. Finish. CU Ibbotson winner. MS Pirie sits on ground. ‘Fore 500 m start of same. Racing shot. Same. Racing shot. Same Pirie second. Same Pirie in front. Same last lap. GV crowd. Start of mens 800 m. Racing shot. Same, British pair challenged. Same, British pair retain lead. Finish. The Britons win, Rawson & Johnson. Crowd. Start of the womens 800 m. Racing shot. Finish, Diane Leather (GB) wins. Mens 200 m start. Finish, won by Segal. Crowd. Womens long jump. Winner presumably Krzesinska. Same walks away after jump. Crowd.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
Warsaw; Poland
Footage sources
Polish Television
Card file number
71647
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
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