Pirie Beats Hungarians Aka Pirie Defeats Hungarians (1955)

Brussels, Belgium. CU. Start of the 2000 metres race. SCU. Pan, runners. SCU. Runners running towards camera. Side shot, runners. SCU. Runners coming towards camera, Gordon Pirie running third. SCU. Pirie running in the lead and breaking the tape. CU. Pirie and two other runners. Pirie defeats Hungarian runners Iharos and Tabori in 2000 metres race. (F.G.) (Orig.H.) 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.
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