British Games Records - White City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1356A
Date Released
2 Jun 1955
Date submitted
31 May 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Games Records. DESCRIPTION: The International Mile at the British Games was won by the Hungarian Tabori in 3 minutes 59 seconds, while Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson both broke four minutes. In the International two miles, Ken Wood fought a duel with another Hungarian, Iharos. The Hungarian won in the new World record time of 8 minutes 33.4 seconds. SHOTLIST: GV of start of the race. GVs and CUs or race. Finish. CU of the winner Tabori. Start of the 2 miles. GV of the race. Crowd shot. Iharos wins. Mile - Brian Hewson - 3rd,. Chris Chataway - 2nd,. Tabori - 1st. 2 Miles - Tabori,. Iharos - 1st,. Ken Wood - 2nd.
Keywords
Sport; Athletics
Locations
White City, London
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
63699
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'British Games Records - White City', British Movietone News Issue No. 1356A, 2 Jun 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20102 (Accessed 01 Apr 2026)