Track and field

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  • LCSH. Previously Sports--Track Events Source: Visual Records database

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  • See also: Running

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39 Archival description results for Track and field

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British Empire and Commonwealth Games photograph album

The record consists of a photograph album created by Charles De Mara to commemorate his visit to the British Empire and Commonweath Games held in July and August 1954 in Vancouver.

The album contains 11 colour and 94 black and white photographs of various events at the games including opening ceremonies, diving at the Empire pool (University of British Columbia), boating events at Vedder Canal and track and field events. The field event photographs include some of the famous "Miracle Mile" run where both Roger Bannister and John Landy ran the mile in less than four minutes. Each photograph has a caption, a date and often additional information about the event photographed. The black and white photographs have been numbered with two identifying numbering systems; a straight sequential number from 1 to 94, and a composite number that may refer to a negative film and item number.

There are also 11 black and white commercial postcards probably purchased by De Mara and glued in the album with the photographs. The postcards are not numbered.

The album also contains event tickets, programs and various souvenir guides and has a souvenir cloth crest glued into the inside front cover.

De Mara, Charles Marvyn

British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver

Special event footage. Amateur footage of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver. Shows track and field events at Empire Stadium on opening day; final day events at Empire Stadium (including the Roger Bannnister-John Landy "Miracle Mile" and the end of Jim Peters' marathon attempt); swimming and diving events at Empire Pool; rowing events on the Vedder Canal.

Dominion Day crowds witness world champion sprinters in action at Hastings Park

The item is a film copy of a newsreel item. Shows crowds in grandstand; preliminary events (running and high-jump), and the featured 100-metre dash, in which Eddie Tolan (Michigan), George Simpson (Ohio), and 1928 Olympic gold medalist Percy Williams of Vancouver all break the world record. Tolan, the winner, poses. The athletes shake hands. Williams poses for camera.

Stock shots and outs

The item consists of various reels and stock shots made between 1964 and 1966. Footage includes:

  1. Canadian Legion track meet, Richmond 1965
  2. Banff skiing, 1966
  3. Crown Zellerbach, new paper source, 1964 [see F1985:03/20]
  4. Logging contests
  5. Logging contests, outs
  6. Sun Salmon Derby
  7. Vancouver streets and Stanley Park stock shots.
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