Summary

Olympic track and field tryouts in Los Angeles

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 38874
Clip SR001973_03_02.mov
Date 6/29/56
Title Olympic track and field tryouts in Los Angeles
Description Title: ""Track and Field"" superimposed over crowd in stands at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during night Olympic trials for track and field events / official fires starting gun, racers take off in the 100-meter dash; camera follows race / lighted scoreboard shows Bobby Morrow as winner, with Ira Murchison second / Murrow shakes hands with other runners / 400-meter hurdle race: Glen Davis and another runner finish race, with Davis winning / scoreboard / Davis / crowd rises to its feet / 6/29/56: Charlie Dumas makes high jump; onlookers on field cheer as he breaks existing record; men surround and congratulate him / scoreboard / Dumas walks, wearing ""Compton College"" sweatshirt / probably 6/30/56, day: racers round curve during 400-meter dash race; Lou Jones wins / crowd in stands / Jones with another racer after victory / runners approach as they jump over hurdle and water obstacle in 3000-meter steeplechase / crowd / racers in the backfield, with Phil Coleman leading and Charles Jones following; the two trade the lead a couple times and Coleman wins / scoreboard / Coleman with Jones and others / racers in 800-meter run / cutaway crowd / Tom Courtney approaches, crossing finish line and winning race / scoreboard / Courtney
Personality Bobby Morrow, Ira Murchison, Glen Davis, Charles Dumas, Charles Jones, Phil Coleman, Lou Jones, Tom Courtney
Country United States
Province/State California
City Los Angeles

Keywords

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African-American people
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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