Record Entry In French Cross Country Race (1927)

Item title reads: “ Record entry in French cross country race - under wintry conditions over 2000 runners take part in contest at Vincennes. “ Paris, France M/S of hundreds of runners as they set off across a snowy field. The race progresses and the runners pass in a line sloshing through mud and slush beside a snowy field. Some splash in huge puddles, right up to their knees. The winner faces camera. Note: The pack look like ants as they rush off at the start . One man falls away from the pack of runners and steps right in a huge muddy puddle of cold icy water. 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 (1926-193