Top Athletes Set Records Despite Rain

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1919

Date Released

21 Jul 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Haigh Sentenced to Death
2. 2Plane Crash Kills Famous Journalists
3. 3Dockers March 2,000 Strong to Trafalgar Square
4. 4German Film Studio Goes Up in Smoke
5. 5Top Athletes Set Records Despite Rain
6. 6Duke Learns All’s Fishy at Grimsby
7. 7C of I Trailer: Litter

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

Victory of veteran Donald Finlay in 120 yards hurdles is most popular feature of White City Athletic Meeting.

Keywords

Sport; Weather; Athletics

Library number

17937

Length of story (in feet)

132

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