Empire Athletes Pit Skill at White City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
270
Date Released
6 Aug 1934
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Athletes at White City. DESCRIPTION: Ceremonial inauguration of Games brings together in London competitors from sixteen British lands. SHOTLIST: Shot of nationalities in groups marching past including Indians. Shot of personality taking the oath for all the competitors. The acting Lord Mayor of London declares the games open. Pigeons being let loose and flying over the White City track. Elevated general shot of the stadium with the assembled competitors. The 440yds hurdles won by F Hunter. HB Hart of South Africa throwing the discus. Miss Lund of England wins the throwing the javelin. Womens’ relay race being run, win for Britain. Flat race being run. Starting pistol heard plainly. The runners past camera. The band plays God Save the King and the last three competitors stand on the stand. Freeley wins this.
Keywords
Sport; Ethnic groups; Women; Athletics; Birds; Local government; Animals
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
3061
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Empire Athletes Pit Skill at White City', British Movietone News Issue No. 270, 6 Aug 1934. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/4987 (Accessed 13 Mar 2025)