News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Sporting Personalities

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Derek Ibbotson

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Derek Ibbotson first learned to run on his native Yorkshire moors, where his still trains. The film shows the world record-breaking Invitation Mile at London’s White City Stadium in 1957, when his time of 3 minutes 57.2 seconds brought him the title of ‘The Fastest Man in the World’. Sequences show him in training, and relaxing in domestic surroundings with his wife, herself, as Madeleine Wooler, an international runner. Winner of a Grand Silver Medal at the International Festival of Sporting Films, Cortina, 1960.

Keywords

Athletics

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /848
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-1965, p.260 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 923/2

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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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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