Record High Jump

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1536
Date Released
10 Nov 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Record High Jump. DESCRIPTION: Yolanda Balas, a young Rumanian girl jumped higher than any girl in the world. Here she is seen in action in the stadium in Bucharest, trying to improve on her world record of five feet ten and three quarters, made last June. With a wonderful jump of six feet she succeeded in her attempt. SHOTLIST: CU girl - Yolanda Balas. Closer - same. MS pan - girl jumps. Same - Record jump. MLS crowd. Same. CU Yolanda Balas.
Keywords
Sport; Records; Athletics
Locations
Bucharest; Romania
Footage sources
Sovexportfilm
Card file number
75387
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Record High Jump', British Movietone News Issue No. 1536, 10 Nov 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22695 (Accessed 29 Jun 2025)