Summary

ISSUE_NO = 455A NO_OF_ITEMS = 8 ITEM_NO = 8 With Alan Howland DESCRIPTION : Empire Games Records at Sydney. CARD_FILE = 32655 CARD_TITLE : Empire Games. Sydney. SHOT_LIST : The Games start with a march past of competitors bearing flags with Great Britain in the lead. Lord Wakehurst declares the Games open, the oath is taken by an athlete and hundreds of pigeons are released. Field and track events take place, among which are the 100 yds, discus and high jump. In the women's section the long jump (Newsreel ends here). Women's track events are contested. In the rowing races on the Nepean River, England narrowly beat Australia in the eights section but are beaten by them in the single sculls. Then the swimming and diving events for both sexes are contested in the Olympic Pool. Sportsmen: Cyril Holmes (G.B.), E.T. Thaeker (High Jump), D.F. Shetliffe (Australia), Decima Norman (Aus - long jump), Miss E. Raby (G.B.), E. Coy (discus), Pirie (Canada - swimming), Miss De Lacy (Australia - 110yds), Turner (Aus. - sculls), Jackson (G.B.), Miss Jean Gilbert (G.B.), Miss Hook (Aus), George Athens (Canada), Arthur O'Connor (Aus), Ron Masters (Aus), Tomalin (G.B.). KEYWORDS : Ceremonies - Sport; Personalities - Politicians; Field Events; Athletics; Women; Camera Effects; British Empire; Personalities - Sport; Cyril B. Holmes; Birds; Animals - wild; Animals - in captivity; Sculling MATERIAL : Print 4313 Comb Dupe Negative 06383 LENGTH_SHOT = 467 DATE_SUBD = 02/22/1938