Holiday Weather & Crowds: Athletes - England V France

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1261A
Date Released
6 Aug 1953
Date submitted
4 Aug 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Holiday Weather & Crowds
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: Another way of spending the holiday was at the White City, where teams from Great Britain and France were competing in a two-day meeting. The highlight of the meeting was the new 4 x 1 Mile relay World record set up by Messr. Chataway, Nankeville, Seaman and Bannister. SHOTLIST: WHITE CITY - Parade of British and French teams. Start of 110 yard relay and finish. Start of 3,000 metres steeplechase. Jump hedges & water. No 3 Johnson wins. Start of 100 yards Bonino of France wins. 1 mile relay start, various shots during same. Relay team that breaks record is Nankeville. Chataway, Seaman and Bannister. Bannister finishes alone. CU of four after race.
Keywords
Sport; Records; Athletics; Ceremonies
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
59488
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
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'Holiday Weather & Crowds: Athletes - England V France', British Movietone News Issue No. 1261A, 6 Aug 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18673 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)