Empire Games - Chataway’s 3 Mile Triumph (1954)

Vancouver. TV runners lined up for 880. They’re off. Pan to back view, 344 Derek Johnson is in second place. SV crowd watching. SV towards and pan, runners bunched together with Johnson coming in to second place. SV crowd. LV towards, coming in to finish with Johnson in lead, followed by Hewson and Ian Boyd, Johnson over line breaks tape, Hewson congratulates Johnson. SCU Johnson being congratulated. SV Thelma Hopkins of Northern Ireland winning high jump. SCU Thelma Hopkins. STV start of three mile race. Start off, pan to BV, with Chris Chataway in the rear. SV two men holding board. SV Freddie Green, Frank Sando, Peter Driver, Maiyoro. Chataway still last of this bunch. Green is second, Driver in lead. SV crowd. LS Chataway well in the lead from Green, Driver third and Maiyoro fourth. Pan with Chataway looks over shoulder. Races on to break tape, Green and Driver run and congratulate him. SV Chataway and Green shake hands. CU Chataway waves to crowd. (F.G.) (Orig “B“) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM B