Sport: Gordon Pirie’s Mile Victory

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1262A
Date Released
13 Aug 1953
Date submitted
10 Aug 1953
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Section Title
Sport
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pirie’s Mile Victory. DESCRIPTION: In the International Mile Race for the Emsley Carr Trophy, at the British Games sponsored by the News of the World, Gordon Pirie won a great race from Santee of America in 4 minutes 6.8 seconds. It was a great thrill for the 40,000 spectators packed in at the White City. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Car driving round arena, carrying Wooderson, Gunder Hagg, Joe Binks, Nurmi. Crowds cheering. Start of race including Chataway, Bill and Pirie. Lawrenz of Germany, leading. Chataway No 10. Pirie No 39 lying third. Santee No 70 fourth. Pirie moves up with Santee. Nankeville challenges but fails. Santee overtakes Pirie. Pirie in final burst overtakes Santee to win. Pirie congratulated by Santee. Pirie does additional lap round track. CU Pirie.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Celebrations and festivals; Athletics; Ceremonies
Locations
White City, London
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
59525
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sport: Gordon Pirie’s Mile Victory', British Movietone News Issue No. 1262A, 13 Aug 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18688 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)