Indoor Miler Sets Record (1959)

Titles read: “NEW YORK - INDOOR MILER SETS RECORD“. New York, United States of America. General view of indoor racing track where the Knights of Columbus games are being held. In the mile event we see athletes Peter Close of St John’s followed by Houston University’s Barrie Almond. Ireland’s Ron Delaney and Hungary’s Istvan Rossavolgy follow. Almond goes into the lead, then all three are suddenly overtaken by Rossavolgy at sprinter speed. Delaney follows him and tries to beat him. In the last few strides Delaney overtakes Rossavolgy and wins the race. Team mates and press surround him. Crowds applaud. Delaney looks knackered! FILM ID:1573.1 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 n