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Southern Methodist University Mustangs beat Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19 - 13 at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas
Title: "Upset -- S.M.U. Beats Notre Dame in Opener" superimposed over night football game / high angle marching band on field / high angle marching band on field and ND spelled out in stand with cards / marching band runs off field,...
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Nashua wins Arlington Classic in Chicago, and Rejected wins Hollywood Gold Cup in Inglewood, CA
Title: "They're Off! -- Nashua Wins Arlington" superimposed over Nashua with jockey Eddie Arcaro being led on Arlington Park racetrack on 7/16/1955 / low angle man rings starting bell / horses run out of gate / woman in crowd cheering /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Fred Dwyer beats both Gunnar Nielsen and Wes Santee in the Baxter Mile Race in Madison Square Garden in New York City
Title: "The Mile: Dwyer Beats Nielsen, Santee" superimposed over follow mile race / WS Fred Dwyer, runner for U.S. Armed Forces, taking lead in Baxter Mile Race / MS woman cheering / WS race / MS woman cheering, pan to others cheering /...
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Swaps wins American Handicap Race at Hollywood Park
Title: "Turf Swaps Ties World mark" superimposed over follow of race / WS crowd / Front view crowd / LS race horse, Swaps being saddled / LS crowd / Follow start of race - #3 Swaps ridden by William (Willie) Shoemaker, jockey, can be...
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Monaco Grand Prix won by Maurice Trintignant
Title superimposed on racing cars, "S-P-E-E-D - Auto Race Record at Monte Carlo" / Pan of the low-slung cars with a crowd in the distance and photographers jumping out of the way on a sidewalk / high angle pan of the cars, ocean, and...
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The Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria, provides a natural arena for summer skiing
Title Card: "Austrian Alps, where Skiing Lasts Until July!" superimposed over mountains and snow / mountains and snow / people standing around with skis / two women wearing halters and young man without shirt / people in summer clothing...
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New York hosts National Amateur Bicycle Championships; Jeanne Robinson and Art Longsjo win the race
Title: "Amateur Bicycle Championships" superimposed over ZI race under way / Lou Hutt, Paramount News cameraman, atop camera car and girl bicycle riders standing around car / CU women, pan to car and tilt up to women around car getting...
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14-year-old jockey wins the first women's jockey race in France
Title: "Ride 'em, Girls! - France's First Race for Female Jockeys" superimposed over race / WS course at Fontainebleau/ MS people milling around / Top view of lady jockeys walking to weighing in / Ground level shot of lady jockeys...
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UCLA Bruins beat Stanford Indians 24-14 in college football game
Title: " UCLA Beats Stanford, 24-14" superimposed over art of pennants background / WS crowd on stand / Stanford kicks by #53 Bob Garrett, quarterback, caught by UCLA #21 Joe Sabol, right halfback who brings it back, is tackled, fumbles,...
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Members of British Royal Family at Ascot Racecourse; Elizabeth, Philip, Margaret, the Queen Mother; Macip wins
Title "French Horses Score Sweep at Ascot" superimposed over horse race / WS track and crowd with horse drawn royal carriage moving down track / Ascot Landau carriage with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, guards sit behind, crowd in...
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Ginger Stanley sets a world's underwater distance record by swimming 7 miles in Florida's Silver River
Title Card: "Who's Weaker? - Girl Sets Underwater Swim Record" superimposed over Underwater shot: Ginger Stanley, swimmer wearing underwater swimming equipment, swimming around / MS Stanley in rubber exposure suit standing on dock as two...
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Messenger Stakes harness race at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, NY
Card: "Paramount News issue no 93" / title "Sulky classic, World's richest race" superimposed over trotters racing past camera / crowd in stands / trotters running behind pace car, then beginning to race / three shots of trotters racing...
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Grace Kelly and husband Prince Rainier attend UN Handicap, which is won by Career Boy in Atlantic City
Title: "Turf - United Nations Handicap" superimposed over race / EXT of race track / United Nations flags flying from grandstand / Princess Grace and husband Prince Rainier III of Monaco, out of car, pose / photographers / Rainier,...
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Roller-skiing in Germany
Title: "Skis Get Wheels in Germany" superimposed over man on 'roller skis' / man's boots are on wheeled skis / he pulls on strings that control the brakes; a close view of the mechanism; the shaft flexes up and down / The skiers take off...
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Race horse Intent beats favorite Counterpoint and wins Santa Anita Maturity race in Arcadia, CA
Title Card: "Paramount News: Arcadia, Calif. - World's Richest Horse Race" / Title: "Intent Is Upset Victor, Counterpoint 6th" superimposed over LS horses being marched around / High shot of crowd / LS parade to post / Counterpoint, race...
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Highlights of Michigan State 35-0 win over Notre Dame at East Lansing, MI
Title: "East Lansing, Mich. - Michigan vs. Notre Dame" superimposed over Notre Dame team running onto field / Michigan State running onto field / crowd cheers / 1st quarter, Michigan State ball, #38 Richard Panin, fullback, makes a...
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Russian Olympic hopefuls compete in 6-mile cross country race sponsored by a Paris Communist newspaper
Title card: "Reds on the Run (In A Foot Race That Is!)" / title "Paris Sees Moscow's Olympic Stars" superimposed over line of Russian athletes parading prior to a distance race sponsored by a newspaper / VS athletes parade before race,...
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Wisconsin men's rowing varsity wins its first Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta championship on rain-swollen Ohio River
Title Card: "Rowing Classic On Swollen Ohio River" / Title: "Wisconsin Varsity Scores Upset" superimposed over side view regatta / WS bridge and boats / MS crowd on bank watching / VS Navy Jr. Varsity crew capsized / MS people looking...
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Sugar Bowl track meet at Loyola Stadium in New Orleans
With a packed grandstand in bkgd, runners race past the camera / runners race past race official / The crowd in the stands / VS Blaine Rideout greets exhausted twin brother Wayne as he crosses finish line / rear shot runners start race /...
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Runner Ellison Brown wins 1936 Boston Marathon
Title card: "The Boston Marathon" / runners racing along road / shot from moving vehicle behind runners racing along road / two shots from moving vehicle ahead of runners racing / runner Ellison Brown racing followed by policeman on...
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Tennessee Volunteers defeat Kentucky Wildcats 20-7
Top view game in progress / WS stadium, band marching on football field / crowds in stadium / Side view crowds in overcoats, topcoats and blankets / MS man with overcoat and blanket, pouring coffee out of thermos for ladies / women fans...
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NASCAR Grand National stock car race in Daytona Beach, FL
Title "At Daytona Beach – Stock car championship" superimposed over cars racing around track / parked cars and crowd on beach / two shots of mechanics working on cars before race / driver Tim Flock getting into car / Flock driving car...
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At British-German track meet in London, British long-distance runner Chris Chataway sets world record for three-mile run
Title "London - Three miles" superimposed over runners racing / runners racing / crowd in stands watching / Briton Chris Chataway running / Chataway crossing finish line, winning and setting world record / Chataway posing for photo...
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English distance runner Roger Bannister becomes first man to run a mile in less than four minutes at Oxford University
Title "The actual pictures - Bannister's mile" superimposed over Roger Bannister running between two other runners / runner jogging before race / Bannister taking off sweat clothes / runners ready to start race / runners start race /...