Anglo-Usa Universities Competition Aka White City Oxford Cambridge (1955)

White City, London. GV. Crowd. GV. Start of 440 yards race, pan with last runner GV. Pan with leader who is well ahead. Derek Johnson of Oxford, with a magnificent burst of speed passes several contestants (Orrell-Jones of Cambridge, Karn Van Horn of Yale and Bob Skerritt of Yale) to romp home. SV. Towards runners, Johnson running well and breaks tape. CU. Winner Johnson. GV. Start of 100 yards race, with runners as they streak towards line. SV. Towards, runners. Winner, Kyasky of West Point, breaks tape. GV. Crowds watching. SCU. Winner Kyasky. GV. Start of 2,000 metres race, pan with runners to first bend. SV. Pan, No 5 in lead, No 15 second, No 6 third and Chris Chataway, No 2, fourth. SV. Towards, runners still in same order. SV. Pan, runners still in same order. SV. Crowd, woman cheering like mad. SV. Pan with leader and Chataway. Chataway now running steadily in second place. SCU. Crowd, woman still cheering. SCV. Pan with Chataway now well in the lead. SCU. Towards, Chataway breaks the tape. CU Ch
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