International Indoor Meet In Paris (1959)

Paris, France. Long shots of Palais des Sport, Paris. 60 yards hurdles race, shot of four racers. This is indoor evening meeting, floodlight arena. 60 yard dash event, start and arrival. CU. The winner, Herb Caper. High jump event. Germany’s Hermann Franz, Sweden’s Peterson, Dennis of USA, Balastre of France, fails in second try for 4m 20. Vault jumping event, Don Brag of USA wins, 4m 41. Crowd shots. Bragg leaps 4m 58. Enthusiastic crowd. Bragg leaps 4m 70, then tries 4m 84 and fails in three attempts. (F.G.) Date found in the old record - 16/03/1959. Poor quality, very dark footage. 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