Colonial Sports Meeting (1940-1949)

Lagos, Nigeria. 1949? LS. Black athletes marching past at start of the Colonial Sports Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria. LS. Athletes marching past. Mr Beresford Stooke, Chief Secretary of Colonial Sports. MS. Umpires seated at table, all black. LS. A 100 yards sprint won by black athlete Adeola with S. Ekooku second and S. Obeng third. MS. J. Adeola after winning the 100 yards race. (Red Master.) Cataloguer’s note - all competitors are barefoot. FILM ID: 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 Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984.