Empire Games - Chataway's 3 Mile Triumph 1954

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Vancouver.

TV runners lined up for 880. They're off. Pan to back view, 344 Derek Johnson is in second place. SV crowd watching. SV towards and pan, runners bunched together with Johnson coming in to second place. SV crowd. LV towards, coming in to finish with Johnson in lead, followed by Hewson...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29659
Sort Number:
54/061
Time in/Out:
01:53:33:00 / 01:55:25:00
Canister:
54/61
Film ID:
176.35
Issue Date:
09/08/1954

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