The Varsity Sports (1926)

Queen’s Club, London. Title: “The Varsity Sports. Cambridge easily defeat Oxford in the greatest Athletic duel of the year“. Intertitle: “A.C. Porrit (Oxford) wins 100 yrds. in 10 secs“. M/S of four male athletes squatting on the starting line of a running track, in the background a man in a white coat fires a starting pistol and the athletes run past the camera. M/S of the athletes sprinting down a track to the finishing line, they pass a stand packed with spectators. C/U of Porrit, he is out of breath but he manages to a smile for the camera. Intertitle: “Starr’s brilliant speed in last 200 yds. won the ’Mile’ for Cambridge“. Panning shot follows a male athlete as he speeds around the track, passing other competitors as he does so. Intertitle: “Lord Burghley set up new record for high hurdles. (A Slow-Motion Study)“. Slow motion M/S of four male athletes competing in a hurdling race. M/S (normal speed) of the same race. C/U of Lord B. trying to catch his breath. Intertitle: