News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Sporting Personalities

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Judy Grinham

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: The swimming career of Judy Grinham turned on her decision, when only twelve years of age, to concentrate on the backstroke, and on her partnership at fifteen with the great swimming coach, Reg Laxton. Her racing performance is observed in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics 100-metres Ladies’ Backstroke (in which she broke the world record with 72.9 seconds), and the 1958 Commonwealth Games Backstroke Race. The film also contains a glimpse of Judy in private life. Winner of a Grand Silver Medal at the International Festival of Sporting Films, Cortina, 1960; and a Silver Plaque at the Third International Festival of Films for Television, Internal Congress and Exhibition of Electronics and Atomic Energy, Rome, 1961.

Keywords

Swimming

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /847
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-1965, p.260 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 923/1

Credits:

Production Co.

Anvil Films Ltd

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Colonial Office

Sponsor

Commonwealth Relations Office

Sponsor

Foreign Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Notes

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