Poland Beat Britain (1965)

Item title reads - Poland beat Britain. Athletics at White City, London. M/S start of 80 metres hurdles, Mary Rand comes in to win. M/S Mary doing long jump, she climbs out afterwards. M/S as Irena Kirszenstein of Poland does long jump. M/S of Mary sat on ground putting her shoes on. M/S Irena. L/S men’s 1500 metres in progress, crowds cheer. M/S battle for the finish between Witold Baran of Poland and Alan Simpson of Britain, Simpson breaks the tape first. M/S Simpson after the race. FILM ID:1814.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as