Reg Harris: Sportsman Of The Year Selected Originals (1950)

Duplicate copy of item - - check for best quality. Material for newsreel story - extra shots. Savoy Hotel, London. VS of sports stars at the awards for the Sportsman of the Year. Stars include Sprinter E MacDonald Bailey, skaters John and Jennifer Nicks, cyclist Reg Harris, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Denis Compton, Aja Vrzanova, Mike Wardell (Editor of Sporting Record), Snooker and billiards stars Sydney Lee and Fred Davis, Script Writer Ted Kavanagh, Athlete Maureen Gardner. Minister of Health Aneurin (Nye) Bevan makes speech of presentation to Reg Harris. Good CUs of him through out. Bevan speaking. ’Ladies and gentlemen, as Mike Wardell has already told you, this is the fourth occasion upon which I’ve had the honour and privilege of performing this little ceremony. I ought perhaps to say that it is also an occasion upon which I have established a record, that no-one has taken the slightest notice of and I’m quite sure Reg. that it won’t be accepted with the same universal acclamation as the