Olympic Form (1936)
Item title reads Olympic Form. Speed and stamina at Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton, New Jersey, America (USA). M, S of a sprinting race at the National Amateur Championships. Jesse Owens pulls out in front and wins easily. Good L, S as Owens does the long jump. Various shots as men do the pole vault. M, S as Cornelius Johnson does the high jump. We see the jump again in slow motion. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website
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