National Athletic Championships Aka On The Track (1941)

Item title reads - On the track. Philadelphia, America (USA). Various shots of people in the stands at Franklin Field gathered for the 53rd National Amateur Athletics Championships. L/S as runners set off in 100 metres sprint. It is won by Barney Yule and people applaud. Slow motion M/S of athletes taking the 3000 metre water jump. Slow motion M/S of Corny Wanerdam pole vaulting. Various shots of the 110 metres hurdles won by Fred Walter. 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
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