America V British Empire

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

1529

Date Released

16 Aug 1928

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1War in the Air!
2. 2Mount Vesuvius
3. 3Duke and Duchess of York
4. 4Riverside Timber Yard Ablaze
5. 5America V British Empire
6. 6The Tailteann Games

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

America takes the honours by narrow margin of 8 events to six in the finest athletic contest yet seen. DGA Lowe "came home alone" in 2 mile relay. C Ellis ran the race of his life to win the 4 mile for us. JE London only lost by inches in the 400 yards relay. FE Gaby had the bad luck to "Crash" at last hurdle in the 480 yards.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Stamford Bridge

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