The Greatest run on earth

Why does an entire city suddenly go crazy on running? In the land where jogging was ‘invented’ by Arthur Lydiard twenty years ago, a film crew looked closely at how the city of Auckland, population a mere 500,000 is convulsed by preparations for this bizarre annual event, ‘the greatest run on earth’.

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Credits

production company

Pillsbury Films

Television New Zealand

director

Sam Pillsbury

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places

New Zealand

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015378

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physical fitness

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletics

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Running

Short films

Short films → Short films - New Zealand

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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New Zealand, 1980

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