London - 500 Have Muddy Run (1960)

Item title reads - 500 have muddy run. London. L/S runners setting off on the start of the senior race in the Southern Cross Country Championships. M/S of runners going past camera. M/S as they run through ditch. C/U policeman and another man. Camera pans with Gordon Pirie. M/S of runners going through muddy stream. One of the runners falls, wipes mud from his face and continues running past camera. Various shots of M. Tulloh of the Portsmouth A.C., and Frank Sandow who finished second. M/S competitors running through the stream. M/S runners going over the brow of a hill. C/U man watching. Various shots of J. Merriman of Watford Harriers coming past camera to win. C/U Merriman being congratulated by officials. C/U of him after the race. 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