British Hopes Limber Up For Olympics (1947)

Full title reads: “British Hopes Limber Up For Olympics“. White City Stadium, London. British athletes hold pre Olympic try out at White City. MS Start of the sprint. Corporal Laing, West Indian athlete from Trinidad, leading. LS Cut in shot of the stands, not very crowded. CU Alan Paterson, clearing 6’4“ in the high jump but failing at the next height. LS the start of the 800 metres. LS the 800 metres being run showing Arthur Wint, Jamaican, gradually taking the lead and winning. CU Wint, half length, full face, resting his arms on the shoulders of two men, after the race. MS LS Shots of the relay race which was won by combined Services. 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 136,0