Paris Ladies’ Sports Meeting (1920)

Women’s track meeting, Paris. France. MS woman in shot put competition wearing shorts and shirt; throws shot; as men judges watch. Front view of 3 women sprinters running a race; each in a roped-off lane. MS high jump: women jump over a high rope as crowd in background watches. CU 2 women athletes standing together; wearing numbers on shirts. 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. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.