Heat-Wave Athletics

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1466A
Date Released
11 Jul 1957
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heat-Wave Athletics Track and Field Meeting. DESCRIPTION: It was still up in the nineties, when Paris held its athletic meeting. In the fifteen hundred metres, Beresford of Great Britain won in three minutes, forty-six point three. SHOTLIST: Shots of man throwing the hammer. Shot of the hurdle race in progress. Crowds. 1500 metres - Shots of Beresford and Barnard battling for 1st place. Beresford wins. CU Beresford.
Keywords
Sport; Weather; Athletics
Locations
Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
71167
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Heat-Wave Athletics', British Movietone News Issue No. 1466A, 11 Jul 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21792 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)