The Runner - Miss Edith F. Trickey. Women’s 1,000 metres World’s Record Holder.
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- Pathe Intertitles - "We found Miss Trickey most retiring - probably some fair competitors may wish her a little more retiring on the track - and only after a good deal of persuasion was she induced to pose for our cameras -" Three shots
"Prepared thouroughness is essential to help one to run 1000 metres in 3 min. 8 1/5 sec., as Miss Trickey did when breaking the World’s Record." "Two shots
"Just at this moment our "slow" camera intervened and showed the start in detail." One shot
"Miss Trickey runs with a very long stride - most deceptive in its speed -" Four shots
"The straight but "allout" path." Two shots
"The last repeated in slow-motion." Two shots - Researcher Comments
- A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.
- Keywords
- Women; Athletics
- Written sources
- J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p128.
Pathe Eve 170-210 Boxfile Issue sheet
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- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 220
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How to cite this record
'The Runner - Miss Edith F. Trickey. Women’s 1,000 metres World’s Record Holder.', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 176, 16 Oct 1924. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331142 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)