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Highlights of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In Vancouver, top-ranking athletes from the far corners of the British Commonwealth competed for new records. The film records outstanding feats in racing, jumping, pole-vaulting, swimming and other sports events. The climax is the twenty-five-mile marathon run by courageous, exhausted Jimmy Peters, and finally the "miracle mile" duel between John Landy and Roger Bannister.

1954, 11 min

Les Jeux de l'Empire et du Commonwealth britanniques

Silver Screen Classics (ET)
January 31 2015 at 12:06 AM

Grand Silver Medal of the Italian National Olympic Committee of Films on Sports
International Sports Film Festival
February 1 1955, Cortina d'Ampezzo - Italy