National Road Walking Championship (1931)

Full title reads: “Enfield. National road walking championship - over 20 mile course - won by T Lloyd Johnson (Leicester) in fine time of 2 hrs 52 mins 41 3/5 secs.“ Enfield, London. Start of road walking race, a large field set off. Various shots of race as filed thins out. Competitors are handed food and drink as they walk. The winner comes in to cheers from the crowd. 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 from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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