Athletics - Simpson Mile is Games Highlight

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1879A

Date Released

10 Jun 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Journey into Memory
2. 2Water-Skiing Has New Pull
3. 3Shutting Out the Noise
4. 4Working on the Railway
5. 5Athletics - Simpson Mile is Games Highlight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Athletics Simpson Mile Is Games Highlight. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show various events in the British Games at White City. The big event of the day was Alan Simpson’s mile in under four minutes which was a new British record. Among the other big names appearing were Bruce Tulloh and Lynn Davies. Also pictures from France of Michel Jazy who set up a new European record for the mile. SHOTLIST: MS statue in White City Stadium. MLS runners in 3 mile event No 27 in lead. MS ditto. CU feet of runners. LS pan runners with No 8 Bruce Tulloh taking lead. MS No 8 winning 3 mile event. CU Bruce Tulloh undoing shoes after race. Pan up to Tulloh. MS No 11 Lynn Davies on long jump. MS crowd. MS pan No 10 on long jump. LS start of mile event. MS runners in mile event No 23 in lead No 17 second. LS pan No 35 Alan Simpson taking lead from No 17 in mile event. MS ditto. LS pan No 35 on finishing straight. MS No 35 Simpson finishing first. LS crowd. Alan Simpson after the race. (France) Michel Jazy of France during record breaking race. LS crowd. MLS pan Michel Jazy coming up to finish. MS pan Michel Jazy finishing to set new record. MS Jazy being interviewed after race.

Keywords

Sport; Records; Athletics

Locations

White City, London

Footage sources

France

Card file number

89784

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

164

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