AAA Championships. Three Mile Record Broken

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2439

Date Released

15 Jul 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1France Fights Back
2. 2AAA Championships. Three Mile Record Broken
3. 3People in the News
4. 4People in the News
5. 5Thomson Wins the Open
6. 6Flood Havoc
7. *Princess Margaret Visits Girl Guides’ Rally

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

Highlights of athletics meeting show astonishing mile run by Roger Bannister and a new record set up for three mile event by Fred Green, a comparatively little known runner from Birmingham.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics

Locations

White City, London

Library number

22494

Length of story (in feet)

163

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