Learning on ScreenCamera Interviews -: The Runner
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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- NoS Summary - Athletics champion Violet Piercey trains.
British Pathe synopsis: Miss Violet Piercey the long-distance record holding runner is featured. Miss Piercey ran 26 1/2 miles non stop from London to Windsor in record time. Miss Piercey runs in a white jersey and black shorts. Three cyclists accompany her and she is followed by a car. M/S of Miss Piercey running - moving shot. We then see Miss Piercey in training - skipping at an athletics track. C/U of her feet as she skips. Her running shoes are more like tap dancing shoes. Miss Piercey runs around an athletics track. We then see her run past the camera in slow motion. C/U of the sportswoman - she smiles at the camera. - Keywords
- Women; Athletics
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.85
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP085 Used for synopsis
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