Athletics - Historic Mile

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1776
Date Released
17 Jun 1963
Date submitted
7 Jun 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trees Take a Trip
  2. 2Athletics - Historic Mile
  3. 3Tots Take to Twisting
  4. 4Highway Litter-Louts
  5. 5The Shape of Summer
  6. 6New York Premiere - Cleopatra

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Athletics - Historic Mile. DESCRIPTION: New Zealander Peter Snell and Jim Beaty of Los Angeles, among the strong competition, in this mile race, in California. It was the last meeting of Peter Snell’s American tour. And so far, he hadn’t lost a race. Snell takes the lead - and heads the field to a sensational finish, who’s time was 55.5. For the first time in history, six runners (in a mile race) all better a time of four minutes. SHOTLIST: Key scene - pan start of mile race. LS crowd. GV New Zealander Peter Snell. Pan Peter Snell takes lead and wins. MLS Peter Snell. His time: 3 minutes, 55.5 seconds.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
United States of America; California; Compton
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
86743
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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