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1950 British Empire Games

Film (Full Length) – 1950

Blue skies and open air call us to sport. And we like sport.
– Narrator
Slow motion shows the last five hurdles again – watch Lavery [South Africa] in the far lane, who lost a button off his running shorts and finished the race under a severe handicap.
– Narrator
Four miles to go and in lead place, Holden, England has discarded his soggy shoes.
– Narrator, during Men's Marathon