Olympics - British Pathé

Olympics

: 1905 - 1932! (1932); Great couple of female wrestlers from 1905 contrasted with "modern" girl wrestlers.

: Newcastle Police Annual Athletic Sports (1922); Annual athletic meeting for the Policemen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear

: Laundry Sports - Motspur Park; Men and women who work in the laundry industry take part in their annual sports festival at Motspur Park, Surrey.

: Irish Lady Athletes (1931); Irish runners compete in Civil Service Sports.

: Newcastle Exchange Walking AKA Newcastle Exchange Walking (1922); Walking race from Newcastle to Haltwhistle Northumberland, and Wexham.)

: Squash (1937); Keeping fit - Squash champs play game, one is on roller skates and girl in swimsuit demonstrates new exercise machine.

: Old Time Haxey Hood Game (1939); Footage of the bizarre Haxey Hood game in Haxey, Lincolnshire.

: Strong Man AKA World Champion Nail Breaker Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1963); Harold Ripley, Derbyshire miner and champion strong man, bends nails and iron bars with his bare hands.

: Soccer Amateurs Thrill Wembley Thousands (1950); Willington and Bishop Auckland Amateur Footballers play at Wembley.

: Obstacles! Filmed At Sudbury (1932); Waitresses compete against each other in various sporting events.

: Northern Games (1922); The Northern Game in Inverness, Scotland.

: Old English Customs Record B (1950); A documentary about British traditions - street football, marbles, skittles, pancake races, etc.

: Grasmere Sports News In A Nutshell (1935); Grasmere sports festival - Guides Race up Butter Crag, wrestling and hounds' trail.

: Veterans Sports Meeting (1947); Too old to compete at 40? Members of a London athletics club prove otherwise.

: The Stock Exchange "Annual" (1932); London to Brighton walking race - won by L J Hollyer.

: The North Country's Walking "Classic" (1932); Walking race from Sunderland to Darlington - won by T W Green of Belgrave Harriers.

: Pram Relay (1962); A strange story about boys practising for a pram relay race at Hatfield College.

: Police Aa Sports (1931); Police athletes show their skills in various events at competition in Port Sunlight.

: Pep! (1930); Women's athletics - hurdles, tug-of-war, egg and spoon race, obstacle race etc.

: Over 200 Of Our Best Walkers (1932); Seven mile walking race in Regent's Park, London - won by A. E. Plumb the National Champion.

: Selected Originals - £16,000 Edwin Makes A New Start (1950); Material relating to newsreel story '£16,000 Edwin Makes A New Start' - 50/24

: News In Flashes (1951); Eddie Thomas in training, housewives meat protest & dockers leaders in court.

: Miners Train Pigeons Item Title Is Ancient And Modern (1939); Coal miner donates his pigeons to ARP as emergency message carriers.

: Athletic Sports (1936); Running and cycling races from stadium in Bournville, Birmingham.

: Champions All (1920); Nice item showing women participating in all kinds of sport in the 1920s.

: Disabled Sports (1953); Disabled people in wheelchairs take part in sports including javelin and archery. Aylesbury.

: Fighting Father Time (1929); Lyons Corner House waitresses have a sports day - tug of war, hurdles etc.

: Garda Annual Sports; Irish policemen and women compete in athletics events.

: 72 Miner Athletes (1928); Miner athletes compete in Cardiff's annual 8 mile race around the city.

: A Weighty Problem (1933); A group of overweight men and women are seen being weighed, exercising and running.

: Airmen Athletes (1932); Sprint and relay events from the RAF athletics championships at Uxbridge - good shots of runners.

: Business Men And Athletes! (1932); Runners in the Business Houses Cross Country Championship.

: Boy Walker (1953); Footage of six year-old John Ball in training to be walker, Battersea Park in London.

: A Graceful Sport (1925); Women of all ages compete in the ladies archery tournament in Tunbridge Wells.

: Heavyweight Championship (1937); Tommy Farr wins the Heavyweight Championship boxing match against Ben Foord.

: Defeated But Not Disgraced (1924); Ashington, the miner's football team, lose to Aston Villa in the first round of the F.A. cup.

: Sport Topped The Week's News AKA Eton Wall Game (1947); The Eton Wall Game - an annual event that made Britain great.

: Sport - London To Brighton Walking Race (1955); Walking championship tackle the road from London to Brighton - and back!

: Sport Despite Handicaps (1962); Sports competition for paraplegic athletes at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire.

: S-S-S-Speed Sport (1931); Various shots of a netball match - goal scoring is shown in slow motion.

: Muddy Sport! (1960); Men have fun on very muddy beach playing football and tug of war. Southend, Essex.

: Herne Hill Cycling AKA Holiday Sport (1952); Cycle racing from London's Herne Hill.

: A Really Sporting Event! (1932); Long distance relay race through Devon's country lanes.