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Racecar driver Bill Holland wins Indianapolis 500 automobile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Insert commercial here" / VS cars racing along track / car driven by Duke Nalon crashes into wall and catches fire / fire spreads across track / car driven by Bill Holland crosses finish...
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Runner Mal Whitfield wins 880 and 600-yard runs at Knights of Columbus track meet in Madison Square Garden in NY City
Title "New York, Whitfield repeats track 'double'" superimposed over runners racing on track / Whitfield bending over and adjusting track shoes before race / Whitfield and three other runners start 880-yard run / runners racing / people...
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Racehorse "Native Dancer" wins the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore in 1953
Title "Sports - Turf thriller in Maryland" superimposed over racehorses racing past camera / close shot of hands of woman holding racing form / racehorses trotting on track / crowd on grounds / horses moving onto track / horses parading...
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John Gibson wins Daytona 200 motorcycle race at Daytona Beach, FL
Title card: "'World Series' of motorcycling" over black then superimposed over motorcyclists racing / crowd on beach watching / crowd watching as motorcyclists start race / VS motorcyclists racing around course / close shot of man in...
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Racehorses are injured and some euthanized at the 1954 Grand National, resulting in controversy
Title: "The Grand National" superimposed over horses jumping over an obstacle during steeplechase race / spectators in stands / 29 horses at starting gate / race begins / horse, Dominick's Bar, drops dead during race / slo-mo MS horses...
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Hasty Road wins the 78th Preakness Stakes horse race
Title card: "78th Preakness -'Hasty Road' Beats Favored 'Correlation'" / superimposed over horse race / horses leave starting gate / number 6 Hasty Road, with jockey John Adams, takes the lead and wins / CU woman in stands / overhead...
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Determine beats out Miz Clementine due to bumping foul at Santa Anita Maturity
Title "Sports Highlights - $87,000 Riding on a Bump" superimposed over crowded Santa Anita Park / LS across crowd in stands and boxes in fg / horses walking up ramp to track from behind / man in tower pushing starter button / horses...
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Racehorse "Sailor II" wins Gulfstream Park Handicap horse race at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, FL
Title "Mighty 'Nashua' suffers a crushing defeat" superimposed over horses racing / crowd at Gulfstream Park Race Course watching race horses parade to post / overhead shot of crowd / horses parading along track / crowd milling about /...
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Florida International Sports Car Grand Prix of Endurance, 1953
Title: "12-Hour Auto Race -- Two Cars Claim Victory" superimposed over cars racing around curve / cars lined up at stations, mechanics and men walking past / VS Mercedes Benz 300 SL with Venezuela tag ono the front being worked on /...
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U.C.L.A. beats U.S.C 17-7 in bid for the Pacific Coast Conference championship and the Rose Bowl
Title: "On To The Rose Bowl! - U.C.L.A. Beats U.S.C" superimposed over game / LS Memorial Stadium / PAN over of Memorial Stadium jam packed / MS kick off by U.C.L.A. - ball is taken on the 3-yard line by USC #26 Jon Arnett, left...
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Grand Prix de Paris horse race at Longchamp Racecourse
Title "Grand Prix - France's turf classic" superimposed over race horses parading along track, crowd watching / crowd on grounds and in stands / WS Michelle Auriol, wife of France's President Vincent Auriol, in box with others / close...
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Swedish team wins Europe's four-man double-blade kayak competition in Macon, France
Title Card: "Water Sports Championships in Europe" superimposed over follow of race / VS Kayak race / MS crowd / CU race going in opposite direction / Side view one team passing / MS two teams racing close together / WS teams around turn...
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Australian runner John Landy runs record-breaking 3:58 mile in Turku, Finland
Title: "3 Min. 58 Sec. -- Landy New King of Milers" superimposed over race / slo-mo John Landy running in race / Landy running ahead of other runners / spectators watching / Landy running, no other runners around him / VS Landy running...
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Australian five-day bicycle race at Mudgee
Title superimposed on racing bikes, "In Australia - Bicycle Endurance Test" / A pack of bicyclists rolls on a country road with several vehicles following / A man running after a biker, handing him food; a man splashes another rider with...
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Racehorse "Scott Frost" wins Yonkers Trot harness race at Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, NY
Card: "Paramount News issue no 8" / title "Sports camera on - Scott Frost trotter of the year!" superimposed over close shot of horse Scott Frost in stable / two shots of Scott Frost running along race track pulling sulky and driver /...
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat West Virginia Mountaineers 42-19 to win the Sugar Bowl
Title: "New Orleans - Georgia Tech vs. W. Virginia" superimposed over art of Sugar Bowl / PAN tilt up crowd at stadium, showing New Orleans skyline in background / WS 1st quarter - Georgia Tech ball -#29 Pepper Rodgers, quarterback,...
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Mal Whitfield breaks two world records at Knights of Columbus track meet at Madison Square Garden
Paramount News mountain and stars logo / Title "Track -- Mal Whitfield Breaks Two World Records" superimposed over Whitfield running / Madison Square Garden track for Knights of Columbus Games / spectators in seats / high angle...
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Soap Box Derby car race for boys in Akron, OH
Title "Akron - Soap Box Derby" superimposed over exterior shot of Derby Downs racecourse / crowd in stands / cars lined up for race / boy driver sitting in car, word "Germany" on side of car / boy driver sitting in car being weighed by...
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Felix Endrich and Fritz Stockli win the 1953 FIBT world bobsled championship in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Paramount Issue logo with mountain and stars / Title card: "Swiss Team Wins World Bobsled Title" over black then superimposed over bobsledders at top of track / VS at the FBIT (Federation international de bobsleigh et de tobogganing)...
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1955 Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore is won by Nashua
Title "Sports - Nashua wins Preakness, sets track records" superimposed over man blowing bugle while standing next to trophies / racehorses coming out of starting gate starting race / people in stands shouting / horses racing along...
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RAF pilot Group Captain Peter Townsend, rumored fiance of England's Princess Margaret, rides horse to victory in horse race near Paris
Title "Paris - Capt. Townsend rides a winner" superimposed over Capt. Peter Townsend riding along on racehorse "Nimrod" after winning the Gentleman's Race at Maisons-Laffitte / Townsend before race in jockey uniform standing in front of...
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Tryouts for US Olympic track and field team in Coliseum in Los Angeles
Title "On to Helsinki - US Olympic track & field squad set" superimposed over Olympic flag flying / crowd in stands watching runners racing / pan across crowd in stands / sprinters racing in 100-meter dash, Art Bragg winning / CU Bragg...
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Members of the British Royal Family attend the 1955 Epsom Derby
Card: "Paramount News Issue No. 82" / Title superimposed on horses parading to post, "British Derby - French Horse Wins in Thrilling Finish" / high angle pan a crowd of 300,000 in the grandstands and lower levels at Epsom Downs...
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USAF Captain Adolf Weinacker wins Olympic tryout while winning the 50 kilometer distance walk in the national walking championship race
Title: "Walking To The Olympics" superimposed over race / race under way / CU feet passing / Follow to back view of race / VS rear shots of walkers and race / Front view of race / CU feet, camera tilts up to contestants / CU feet / VS CU...