Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Wooderson’s Record
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- British Movietone News
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- 5 / 5
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- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: AAA Championship - Wooderson Breaks 3 Miles Record. DESCRIPTION: The great event of the AAA Championships at the White City was the Three Mile race. Sydney Wooderson, the world famous miler, came from the back of the field to win in a British record time. SHOTLIST: KS Back view pole vaulter runs & jumps. SV CU pan of starters of 3 mile running race. CU Wooderson (17) gets into position. Elevated shot of start. Panning shot of runners all grouped up after start. Wooderson falls back into group, Slykhuis (Dutchman No 15) in lead, Wooderson comes up at mile to lead, cut-in of crowds, Dutchman again in lead, Wooderson straining to get lead near end of race, comes up & overtakes Slykhuis to win by 4 yards. CU Wooderson trotting into camera. CU Wooderson posing for camera. Being presented with cup.
- Keywords
- Sport; Athletics
- Locations
- White City, London
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
British Paramount
- Card file number
- 47243
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 194
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Wooderson’s Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 894A, 25 Jul 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13953 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)