London Beats Stockholm (1959)

Title reads: “London beats Stockholm“. International Athletics at White City, London. Five women runners on their marks for the start of the “Women’s 100 Yards Race“, they get away and camera pans with them. Dorothy Hyman of Britain goes into the lead, with H. Young and E. Wheeler behind. The girls race on and Heather Young draws level with Hyman as they race for the tape, Hyman wins by a faction of an inch. M/S Hyman and Young walking off the track together. Night shot of flood lights. Panning night shot of runners during men’s 1 mile race, coming first is Dan Waern of Stockholm, second is S. Lewandoski (Poland) and third is S. Herrmann (East Germany). Panning shot as athletes round the bend. G/V crowd applauding. Panning shot Waern racing for the tape, Herrmann overtakes Lewandoski to go into second place. Waern crosses the tape with Herrmann (2nd) and Lewandoski (3rd). C/U man looking through binoculars. Night L/S runners on their marks at the start of the men’s Three Mile Race.