Civic Week Marathon (1928)

Item title reads - CIVIC WEEK MARATHON. (Liverpool.) Corporal S. Ferris - last year’s winner - wins 26 mile round the City - breaking British record by 1 min. 24 seconds! Liverpool, Merseyside. L/S as the runners walk along the street. M/S of them at the starting line, they set off. Various shots of them running, followed by people on bicycles. M/S as Corporal Ferris runs through the finish line. A garland of leaves is placed around his neck and people shake hands with him. 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