Learning on ScreenAbebe Bikila
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: A memorial programme to the great Ethiopian athlete, Abede Bikila, the first man to win the Olympic marathon twice running. Subsequently, Bikila was desperately injured in a motor car accident, was paralysed and survived to represent his country as an archer in the paraplegic Olympics. He died four years after his accident.
- Researcher Comments
- Contributors include: Neil Allen, Athletics Correspondent of The Times; Dr Walsh, Head of Spinal Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandevile; Peter Ayton, remedial gymnast
- Keywords
- Sport; Athletics; Disabled persons
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Cutter
- James Hubbard
- Presenter
- Peter Kenyatta
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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