White City - Pirie Tops Again

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1618A
Date Released
9 Jun 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Holiday Air Show
  2. 2Antique Dealers’ Fair
  3. 3Starting on a Shoe-String
  4. 4Taj Mahal Face-Lift
  5. 5White City - Pirie Tops Again

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pirie Tops Again. DESCRIPTION: The first day of the meeting, and in the fifteen hundred metres there was strong opposition from the cream of the continent. Gordon Pirie, number 7, won this event, with Roszavolgyi (Hungary) second. Gordon’s time was 3 minutes 44.1, and that makes him the first British runner to quality for the Olympic fifteen hundred. The hundred yards was a big surprise: world record-beater Peter Radford lost the race to David Jones, who won three races that day. Monday now, and the 3,000 metres. This was a battle between Pirie and Roszavolgyi. It was Pirie again, who won this event, just over 4 seconds outside his own world record. Roszavolgyi was second. SHOTLIST: GV White City Stadium. MLS spectators MCU same. CU same. GV start of 1500 metres. MS race in progress. CU same. LS same - Pirie moving up. MS same. GV Pirie takes lead and wins. CU Pirie. GV 100 yardds - winner Jones, second Radford. MLS race charts and officials CU same. CU David Jones - winner of three races. GV spectators. CU man firing starting gun. GV start of 3000 metres. GV race in progress. MLS same. CU Pirie and Roszavolgyi leading. GV race in progress. MLS same. MCU same. GV same - Pirie leading. CU spectators. GV final sprint and close finish. Pirie first, Roszavolgyi second. CU Pirie. AAA Championships
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Athletics
Locations
London; England
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
80277
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:
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