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The World's Fastest Human 1929
Description
Unknown location for this record, however could be the United States of America.
Full titles read: "THE WORLD'S FASTEST HUMAN - George Simpson (Ohio) breaks 100 yards record in amazing 9 4/10 seconds."
Stagg Field, Chicago, United States of America.
L/S of eight athletes lined...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 35880
- Sort Number:
- G 1618
- Time in/Out:
- 01:58:49:00 / 01:59:18:00
- Canister:
- G 1618
- Film ID:
- 792.34
- Issue Date:
- 24/06/1929
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The location for this event was Stagg Field, Chicago, United States. A newspaper report confirming this can be found here....
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19290607&id=ClQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IqcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1453,6008527
I'll try that link again! Let's see if this is any better...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19290607&id=ClQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IqcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1453,6008527
OK, final attempt, you'll need to put all of this together in
the URL bar......
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19290607&id=ClQiAAAAIB
AJ&sjid=IqcFAAAAIB
AJ&pg=1453,6008527
The date of the record-breaking run was Saturday 8 June 1929.
Thanks very much jamied. And thanks for persevering with the link!