Poly-Marathon

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1724A
Date Released
21 Jun 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Poly-Marathon
  2. 2Up and Away
  3. 3Up the Pole
  4. 4Knights of the Garter (In Colour)
  5. 5Royal Ascot (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Poly-Marathon. DESCRIPTION: The Queen was at Windsor for the start of the mammoth Polytechnic Windsor to Chiswick 26-mile marathon. There was a record field of 213, and Ron Hill, of Bolton United Harriers figured prominently right from the start. He crossed the line more than 1 minute 22 seconds ahead of his nearest rival! SHOTLIST: MS Queen inspects runners. CU ditto. MS trophy. CU ditto. GV start of race. LS runners through Windsor. MS runners on the road. MS ditto. MS winner into stadium. MS winner with trophy.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport
Locations
Chiswick; Windsor
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
84551
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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