Sports Round-Up: Osterley: Annual Sports
Series
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- Cinegazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 7
- Section Title
- Sports Round-Up
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: The events at this year’s track competition are profiled. N. G. Gibson is seen during the hurdles event which he won, and then at high-jump, which he tied at a height of five foot six inches. The walking race was won by E. A. Cheesewright, champion since 1940, in thirty-seven minutes and eight seconds. He is seen crossing the line, having overtaken a straggler who is still two laps behind. The 100 yards women’s race was won by Miss J. N. Thorn, who finished in twelve and a half seconds. Lady Latham hands out the prizes.
- Keywords
- Sport; Athletics; Awards and honours
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
Film User Vol.2 No.26 December 1948, p704.
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- Academy Picture Corporation
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- London Transport Executive
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How to cite this record
'Sports Round-Up: Osterley: Annual Sports', Cinegazette Issue No. 1, 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/349250 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)