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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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015378
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physical fitness
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletics
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)