Champions of Sport No.1 | John Betts | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

This short film discusses the technique, history and famous sports-people of the 1940s, focusing on hurlding, golf and high jumping. The athletes spotlighted are D.O. Finlay (hurdler), Pam Barton (golfer) and C.C. Johnson (high jumper)

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer/director

John Betts

production company

Grand National Pictures

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001881

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Historical films

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Golf

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Great Britain

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports for women - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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