• Short Summary

    An inter-college athletic meeting in Massachusetts sees triumph with a new pole vault record, and injury when Johnson, who was winning 100 metres, pulls a tendon. America (USA).

  • Description

    Athletic meeting in U.S.A.

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, America (USA).

    L/S aerial shot as the athletes set off for 100 metres final in inter-college track. M/S as Johnson pulls into the lead but damages a tendon and has to stop, leaving Anderson to win. M/S of Johnson being supported and limping, he looks in a lot of pain. Keith Brown, the Yale Captain, sets a new pole vault record of 14 feet 5 and 1/8 inches. C/U of him grinning afterwards. L/S as five men compete in a hurdle race, M/S as Cope wins.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    819.48
    Media URN:
    10893
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    24/06/1935
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:48:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:36:00 / 01:55:24:00
    Canister:
    35/50

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