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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

123

Date Released

12 Oct 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. City Proclamation of Dissolution
• 2. Flying Finn Beats German Aces
• 3. Kingsford Smith Gets Here to Late
• 4. Berkshire Flappers Are Firefighters
• 5. Sir Frederick Wall with the Amateurs
• 6. Prime Minister Makes Plea for National Unity at Election

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Finn Beats German Aces. DESCRIPTION: His mile record broken by Ladoumergue, Nurmi easily wins 5000 metre contest at Konigsberg. SHOTLIST: Race start. Race round the track. End of race.

Keywords

Sport; Athletics

Locations

Konigsberg

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1458

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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