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Two American records are set in discus and javelin at women's Olympic track and field trials
Title "U.S. Women's Track and Field Trials" superimposed over hurdles / Earlene Brown, shotput and discus thrower from Los Angeles, hurling discus / CU Brown and her baby / CU Brown playing piano / CU Brown balancing 8 lb. shot / Low...
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Leslie Pawson wins the 1933 Boston Marathon
Title card: "NEW RECORD FOR BOSTON MARATHON SET BY PAWSON" / LS elevated view of Boston Marathon runners advancing toward and beneath camera, crowds watch on from either side of road; PAN RIGHT to follow runners past and away from camera...
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Distance runner Glenn Cunningham runs world's fastest mile in track meet in Princeton, NJ
Two shots of crowd in stands at Palmer Stadium / runners Bill Bonthron, Gene Venzke, and Glenn Cunningham start mile run as starter fires gun / runners racing / crowd watching / Cunningham running in lead; he crosses finish line, winning...
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Penn Relays track meet at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Title card: "Flying feet! New champions win laurels in Classic Penn Relay Carnival" / runners racing past camera / shot of runner's legs as they race on wet, muddy track / runners jumping over fence into water obstacle in steeple chase /...
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Emil Zatopek wins 10,000 meter race at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[Sportfolio episode 140] Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / title card: "place commercial here" / attendees walk across an outdoor plaza at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London; Olympic flag and flags of other nations stand on poles /...
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Japan's Keizo Yamada wins Boston Marathon; with shots of runners Veikko Karvonen, Gosta Leandersson and Pedro Jiminez
Title "Boston - Durable Mite From Japan Wins Marathon" superimposed over runners in street, cars and spectators line sides / runners, spectators and policemen on motorcycles to side / runners from behind / mileage sign for Natick,...
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Match horse race between racehorses "Nashua" and "Swaps" at Washington Park Race Track in Chicago
Title "Zoomar camera on the match race" superimposed over slo-mo Nashua and Swaps racing down homestretch / over-the-shoulder CU of racing program held by woman / crowd on grounds and in stands of racecourse / two shots of Swaps being...
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Race horse "Swaps" wins Hollywood Gold Cup race at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA, 1956
[Sportfolio episode 148] Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / title card: "place commercial here" / crowd watching / horses racing down straightaway, around final turn and down homestretch / crowd watching / "Swaps" crossing finish...
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Veikko Karvonen of Finland wins the Boston Marathon, 1954
Title: "Finn Wins--Karvonen Takes Boston Marathon" / VS men running Boston Marathon / High angle #1 Jim Peters of UK (favored) / High angle Japanese runners #14 Nabuyoshi Sadanaga, #4 Katsuo Nishida, and #8 Kurao Hiroshima / VS runners,...
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British race car driver Sterling Moss wins 1956 Monaco Grand Prix
Title "Auto Classic in Monaco; Briton Wins Grand Prix" superimposed over start of race / 16 cars start race down street / young men watch / VS Formula One cars race along streets lined with spectators / VS up twisting streets / VS car...
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Hungarian long-distance runner Sandor Iharos breaks record for 1500-meter run in Olympic Stadium in Helsinki
Title card: "Sports - The season for records" / title "Helsinki, 1500 meters" superimposed over runners racing / four shots of runners racing / Hungarian Sandor Iharos crossing finish line, winning race and setting world record / crowd...
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1952 defeated presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in Yugoslavia and Italy on his world tour in June and July of 1953
Title: "With Stevenson on World Tour…Visits Rome and Belgrade" / Adlai Stevenson walks down airplane steps in Belgrade and shakes dignitary's hand / Stevenson and entourage cross tarmac / MS inside office, Stevenson and Marshal Josip...
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Track and Field events in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland
Title card: "Olympics -- Action-Packed Competition" / Intertitle: "Helsinki -- Records Fall in Track & Field" superimposed over high angle of men running track / LS crowds in stadium and 100 meter dash athletes on their marks / MS man...
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Le Mans, France racing accident sends car flying into crowd, killing 83 spectators and driver Levegh and injuring around 180
Title: "The Grim Camera Record…Racing Car Tragedy at Le Mans" / high angle race car drivers run for their cars / VS cars racing around track and spectators in stands / MS car 20 driven by Pierre Levegh of France drives past camera / VS...
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Jockey Johnny Longden breaks record; wins twice at Del Mar Racetrack
Title "King of Jockeys - Longden Sets World Mark for Winning Mounts" superimposed over Jonny Longden on horse being led walking by spectators behind fence / LS looking across crowd in stands and track at Del Mar Racetrack / crowd in...
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Military convoy carries Lend-Lease material across rough Iranian terrain
WS-LS supply truck convoy crossing rough Iranian terrain, kicking up dust, mountains in background / LS convoy moves toward camera along curve in road, mountains in background / MS military trucks move toward camera along curvy dirt road...
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Paul de Bruyn wins 1932 Boston Marathon
Title card: "German Looms as Olympic Star After Winning 26-mile Run - Paul de Bruyn outpaces veterans in marathon from Hopkinton to Boston" / man fires gun to start race / runners begins / onlookers sit on rocks watching race / pace cars...
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US and Korean soldiers during the Korean War walk through mud, traverse river, carry wounded, and fire artillery in 1951
MLS trucks and jeeps pulling artillery driving up muddy road to camera, two US soldiers in fgd, hill ridge in bkgd / High angle group of soldiers in rain ponchos and helmets / group of soldiers walking up road toward camera, a couple...
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The boundary line between East and West Berlin, with civilians and warning signs
WS Sign reads "You are leaving the American sector" repeated in Russian, German, and French / MS same sign with civilians mainly children and police standing on street corner around sign, downed tree nearby, children running and walking...
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New York Yankees win the World Series at Ebbets Field
Title card: "How it happened...Yanks Champs...in Brooklyn" / Pan right from under the roof of the packed grandstand at Ebbets Field, with players on the baseball diamond / The game between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers in...
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French military in Indochina during First Indochina War
Title superimposed on soldiers "French launch bold offensive in Indo-China" / Views of soldiers zig-zagging through a field with a burning village beyond the trees and a pan to the right; a tank follows and the men cross a stream /...
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Master Fiddle wins Wood Memorial Stakes at New York's Jamaica racetrack
Title: "Test for Derby Hopefuls" superimposed over Angle view horses to camera / LS crowd / PAN crowd, man jumping up and down among crowd / CU Lou Hutt, Paramount News cameraman, working Zoomar Camera / Follow start of race, #2 Tom...