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Jim Peters marathon loss
Marathon runners in last leg of race / Jim Peters of England, in the lead, staggers, wobbles, collapses, and gets up to continue to what he thinks is finish line / he collapses into trainers' arms / James McGhee, of Scotland, wins...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
National AAU Track and Field Championships in Dayton, Ohio
Title "High jump record - Santee takes mile in National AAU" superimposed over runners racing / crowd in stands / trainer taping distance runner Wes Santee's feet, tilt up to Santee / Santee talking to his trainer / Santee before mile...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hideo Hamamura of Japan wins rainy Boston Marathon in 1955
Title: "26-Mile Run -- Record Set in Boston Marathon" superimposed over runners / runners, escorted by motorcycle police running up spectator-lined street in rain toward and past camera / runners running away from camera / camera...
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Slalom competition for the Gibson Trophy at North Conway, NH
Title superimposed on people in a snowy scene, "'Ski-Doings' - Slalom Classic at Picturesque North Conway" / An expansive view of the ski run / Sign: "Hannes Schneider's Ski School Meeting Place, Gibson Trophy Race" / A person jumps on...
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Swaps, ridden by Willie Shoemaker, wins The Westerner Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack
Title: "8 in a Row for 'Swaps'" superimposed over CU horse "Swaps" and his trainer M. A. Tenney, wearing a cowboy hat / Swaps being led out of stable / Swaps ridden out of stable, Tenney takes bridle / Tenney strokes Swaps' nose / CU...
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Top US athletes compete in women's Olympic track and field trials
MS Athlete running toward camera, jumping hurdles / CU Earlene Brown, shot put and discus thrower from Los Angeles, hurling discus / CU Brown and her baby / CU Brown playing piano / CU Brown balancing 8 lb. shot / Low angle shot Brown...
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Stage Three of Tour de France begins in Cambridge
Stage Three of Tour de France begins in Cambridge
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MS athlete running over finish line and celebrates, Australia
MS athlete running over finish line and celebrates, Australia
Getty Images
MS athlete running over finish line and celebrates, high speed, Australia
MS athlete running over finish line and celebrates, high speed, Australia
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'Talon' beats 'On Trust' by a nose at the Santa Anita Handicap in 1948
Title superimposed over racetrack winners circle: 'Santa Anita Handicap' / Packed grandstand at Santa Anita racetrack / MS jockeys weigh in, men in foreground / MS bugler blows long bugle to call horses to racetrack / LS horses walk to...
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Cunningham, Metcalfe, and Saling win at 1932 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Title card: "Midwesterners Stir U.S. Olympic Hopes Breaking World Marks - Glenn Cunningham of Kansas breaks college record in mile run as star athletes meet at Stagg Field, Chicago" / VS runners at the starting line take off (audio is...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt attends rowing race in which his son is an oarsman
Title card: "No New Deal For Harvard Against Yale! Roosevelt, '04 and J.P. Morgan, '89 see Crimson oarsmen, including the President's son, lose to Yale crews" / WS & MS "Referee" boat with President Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in chair...
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American Legion Handicap horse race at Saratoga Race Course in NY
Title "Who won?" superimposed over race horses parading onto track / horses parading onto track / crowd in stands / horses start race and race along backstretch / people in crowd on rail of track cheering / horses racing along...
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Highlights from college football games between Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh and Yale vs. Navy
Title card: "Kicks That Won" over black and then superimposed over game / High angle shots of football game with cutaways to cheering fans, shots include Notre Dame kickoff to Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh's Frank Soucheck returns to the 25...
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Women's track and field competition starts at A.A.U. meet in Trenton, NJ
Title card: "New Jersey" superimposed over female athletes at start line / VS runners from start to finish line of 100 meter dash at the Women's A.A.U. championships. Claire Isicson of Brooklyn breaks the tape first / MS high jump of...
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1950 Tour de France
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / Tour de France / winner Ferdinand Kubler, of Switzerland, crosses finish line / Kubler with flowers / Sportfolio end sequence
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Wes Santee runs fastest mile run in the western hemisphere
Title: "Wes Santee Closes in on 4-Minute Mile" superimposed over race / David Wesley Santee warming up on track / CU Santee stretching / CU man records wind speed with an anemometer / High angle Santee jogging with shorts and sweatshirt...
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Shortly after her coronation, British Queen Elizabeth II attends Derby horse race at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England
Title "Britain's Coronation Derby" superimposed over wide shot of Epsom Downs Racecourse / motorcade led by car carrying Elizabeth driving through parking lot towards racecourse / close shot of sign saying "Coronation Derby 1953" /...
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1953 Torger Tokle Memorial Tournament highlights ski jumping at Bear Mountain, NY
Title superimposed on a Ski jumping hill, "Snow or No - Ski Season off to Flying Start" / The hill seen through glass windowpanes / Merrill Barber and Art Devlin smile as they stand waxing skis / long line of jumpers approach and pass as...
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Highlights in track and field of Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland
Title: "Helsinki – Olympics Hit Peak Of Excitement!" superimposed over flags / WS stadium / WS 1500meter race / MS Joseph Barthel, Olympic runner from Luxembourg #406, passes #739 Werner Lueg, German Olympic runner, to take lead / MS...
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Flamingo Stakes horse race at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, FL
Title "Eyes on Kentucky Derby . . . 'Needles' wins rich Flamingo" superimposed over horses racing / racehorses parading towards track, crowd watching / horses parading along track / crowd on grounds watching, stands in background / two...
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US takes the gold in men's back stroke and high platform diving and a French father jumps into pool fully clothed to hug his winner son at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Title: "U.S. Takes Olympic Title - Swim Thrills in Late Films" superimposed over angle shot of flags of various countries / PAN swimming pool / WS side view of crowd / Follow of men's back stroke race, won by swimmer #598 Yoshinobu...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Cross-country bike race in snow
Title: "Spain Cross-Country Cycling??" superimposed over bicyclists riding in the snow / cyclists carry bikes up snowy stairs and then run downhill with bikes on shoulders / back on bikes riding pass crowd through large puddle / winner...
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Mal Whitfield wins, breaks records at Knights of Columbus track meet in New York City
Title "Track" superimposed over Knights of Columbus track meet at Madison Square Garden / spectators in stands / VS Mal Whitfield races and wins two events / QS photographers with cameras / MS Whitfield