Sports Races
TRAINING GREYHOUNDS Various shots of racing greyhounds being trained in a field.
MANCHESTER WALK a walk for boys under 16 years old, it is won by R. Parkes.
GREYHOUND COURSING Greyhound coursing in a country field.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Police walking race.
SOAP BOX DERBY American Boys Race their Over Grown Go-Karts in Large Racing Event
WALK AND GET RICH Billy Butlin and 700 walkers set off from John O'Groats to Land's End.
LONDON TO BRIGHTON WALK The finish of the London to Brighton walk.
THE MUSHERS' DERBY Husky dogs pull sledges around the American North.
ELEPHANT RACE Elephant race in progress.
LONDON TO BRIGHTON WALK H.B.S. Rhodes crossing the finish line to win the London to Brighton Walk.
LORD BISHOP'S WALK A look at the speed walking race for the Bishop of Birmingham's Challenge Trophy.
LORD BISHOP'S WALK A look at the speed walking race for the Bishop of Birmingham's Challenge Trophy.
OSTRICH RACING HANDICAP Ostrich with bag over his head, various shots of Ostriches in race.
TRAPPERS FESTIVAL Musher wins Dog Derby for the third year in a row.
FLYING LEGS - FILMED AT GRAVESEND Athletics meeting at Gravesend - mostly women competitors.
CROSS COUNTRY RACE THROUGH WATER Deep Water Wading Race
WALKING RACE Briton, Don Thompson, wins Italian 100 kilometre walking race.
CANADIAN SPORT MEETING FOLKESTONE Canadian soldiers racing over obstacle course.
BASKET CARRIERS CONTEST Basket-carrying Contest at Market Porters' Sports at Herne Hill.
OLD MAIDS DAY - version 1 Dressmakers from Parisian fashion houses run around
STRENGHT AND SKILL Tradesman's sports day
1000 PIGEONS Sir Cooper Rawson, M.P. releases 1000 pigeons for charity.
RACY! Great race for girls in swimsuits in speedboats!
HUSKY DOGS Educational film showing Husky dogs at play, eating a bone, pulling sledges etc.
LENT BUMPING RACE Annual bumping races for undergraduates, at Oxford University.
GRAYS ESSEX - SAILOR SPORTS Navy cadets having fun at their sports day.
WHIPPET RACING Coal miners racing Whippets, crowds and bookies watch.
MISS GREYHOUND RACING 1968 A beauty contest for girls working in the greyhound racing industry
COURSING SEASON OPENS Coursing season opens and whippets compete for the Tipperary Cup
THE WATERLOO CUP Coursing - "Latto" wins the Waterloo Cup, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon attends.
COURSING Scenes of hare coursing in Ireland.
MIAMI DOG RACES Greyhound racing from Florida.
Guards International Formula Two Race
STRONG BUT NOT SO SILENT - MEN! “Herne Hill. Strong - but no so silent - Men! B
“THE POLY MARATHON” Sam Ferris wins the race from Windsor to Stamford Bridge - f
“IT’S JUST A MATTER OF USING YOUR HEAD!” Porters from London markets race around
SPORTS MEETING Soap Box Derby Sponsored by Ford
EVE'S LITTLE ENJOYMENTS Silly Skate and Sled Races in Switzerland
WALKING OUT London Poly Girls Speed Walking Race
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SUNDERLAND TO DARLINGTON WALK
COACHING MARATHON - BARRON THE WINNER GOING ACROSS BARNES COMMON Stagecoach Race
Miners Hold Dog Race; c. 1920s
The World Of Sports - Quintuplen Sports Event
Hurdling Hounds Grayhound Racing
SMITHFIELD CENTENARY Market porters take part in races as part of Smithfield centenary celebrations.
SPEEDWAY ON ICE Motorbike Race on Ice
Russians Turn Out For Reindeer Races
Pigeon Race Heralds Opening of "The Birds"
St. Goddard Creates New Record To Win Famous Dog Derby
Jittering Jaloppies Race Staged by College Students
OLYMPIC HEEL-TOE STAR WINS 50,000 METER WALKATHON Score Race In Shimmy Derby.
Hoops, My Dears! College Seniors Roll Their Own
K9, Prize Greyhound, Wins Exciting Race in Speed Classic
MOTHERS' PRAM MARATHON Mrs Groom of Eastbourne wins London to Brighton pram race.
A UNIQUE OBSTACLE RACE Running, riding bicycles, doing an obstacle course and then a swim - phew!
Risk Death To Probe Greenland's Far North
OLD TIMERS FESTIVAL Gold rush days revived at Sourdough Festival at Yukon, Canada.
PRAM RELAY A strange story about boys practising for a pram relay race at Hatfield College.
SAND YACHTING Sand yachting race at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
DOG TRAILING Dog trailing in the North of England
STARS' GREYHOUNDS Brian Hewson, Millicent Martin and Ronnie Carroll visit their greyhounds.
GREYHOUND TRAINING Greyhounds - from puppies to racetracks. Great shots of even greater dogs.
AFGHAN HOUND RACING Cute Afghans pretend they are greyhounds at the race track.
PUSHBALL A new game involves much running, bouncing and hitting of a gigantic leather ball!
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SPORTS AT GRASMERE
THE DOG DERBY some really lovely greyhounds which will compete for 89th Waterloo Cup.
MAD GREYHOUND Racing dog that turns somersaults inside trap before start of race.
TERRIER RACING Dog racing with difference - mongrels race at Cobtree Manor dog tracks.
ALL DOGS ARE RACING Various breeds of hounds racing in Hamburg, Western Germany.
SOAP BOX DERBY Thrills and spills at the soap box derby.
TRACTION RACE traction-engine race
TRACTION ENGINE RACE Traction engine race across a field
COALMEN'S RACE Coalmen take part in a coal carrying race at a garden fete in Stafford.
TRICYCLE RALLY Rally for disabled people in motorised carts
CALGARY STAMPEDE. Rodeo and Calgary Stampede watched by large crowd and Governor General in Canada.
PARIS PARADE Fashionable people of Paris attend Prix des Drags, arriving in horse drawn carriages.
ITA RALLY Invalid Tricycle Association hold sports day for disabled people at Crystal Palace.
LAND LADIES GET A MOVE ON Footage annual land ladies race in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
50th FOUR DAY MARCH TO NIJMEGEN People take part in a four day long march across part of Holland.
BARBARA MOORE WALK Paratroopers join Barbara Moore in long distance walking record.
FOUR DAY ANNUAL WALKING EVENT Annual walking event in Nijmegen, Holland.
FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN SUCCESSION! Tommy Green wins the Manchester to Blackpool
OVER 200 OF OUR BEST WALKERS Seven mile walking race in Regent's Park, London -
FIRST WOMEN’S WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP Walking race between women athletes held in S
FOR FIFTH YEAR IN SUCCESSION! Tommy Green wins the Manchester to Blackpool walki
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DERBY ROAD WALKING RACE
LONDON - WALKING RACE London to Brighton walking race starts in London.
THE ERRAND BOYS’ “DERBY” Delivery boys race around Maidstone in championship rac
A HOLIDAY “NOVELTY” Children perform physical jerks at Hastings.
TURIN (part of NEWS IN FLASHES) A 100 km walking race starts at night in Turin.
A UNIQUE OBSTACLE RACE Running, riding bicycles, doing an obstacle course and then a swim - phew!
WAITERS ... IN A HURRY! Waiters in Cologne show of their balance and poise by ra
BOY WALKER six year-old John Ball in training to be walker
FINALS DAY IS THE DAY OF THE YEAR! Rowing teams from Oxford colleges compete for
DUSTBIN RECORD BREAKING STUNTS Rag events including measuring bins and driving a motorised pram.
STRONG BUT NOT SO SILENT MEN! Market porters from Borough in London show off the
THE DOG COURSING Greyhound racing - the dogs compete for the 89th Waterloo cup.
WATERLOO CUP Greyhounds are seen chasing a real hare - the winner gets the Waterloo Cup.
BRITAIN'S BEST WHIPPETS Whippets race for the International Dog Trophy, Wales is the winner.
THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE LEASH Some of the greyhounds that will compete for the Waterloo Cup.
JOVIAL JUDGE WINS Greyhounds hunt hares in competition for the Waterloo Cup.
EUROPES FIRST GREYHOUND RACING TRACK First greyhound track with electric hare seen in action.
THE GREYHOUNDS DERBY Greyhound racing at Altcar. 92nd. Waterloo cup.
THE NEW SPORT Greyhound racing in Dublin
RACING BORZOIS NEXT Greyhound racing is challenging by racing borzois.
ETON COLLEGE BEAGLES Schoolboys and dogs train for the famous steeplechase.
ROLLER SKATING Police diverts traffic for roller skate race.
ROLLER SKATING roller skating race in Surrey.
ITALY Roller skating race in streets of Palermo, Italy.
HOMING PIGEONS Pigeons released at Selby
SOAP BOX DERBY Boys race in soap box cars in Australia.
DOG SLED RACE Silver Jubilee Trophy race in Idaho, Everett Hesman drives winning team of dogs.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - STAGECOACH MARATHON
CHAMPIONS Women athletics show their skill in events at White City stadium.
LAKELAND SPORTS Old English events at Westmorland sports, Grasmere, Cumbria.
TRAINING HUSKIES Husky dogs are fed and trained by driver Mrs Milton Seeley in New Hampshire.
NEWCASTLE EXCHANGE WALKING Walking race from Newcastle to Haltwhistle Northumberland, and Wexham
MANCHESTER TO BLACKPOOL WALK Walking race from Manchester to Blackpool
NOTTINGHAM TO BIRMINGHAM WALK Mr F. Poynton wins the Nottingham to Birmingham walk.
MANCHESTER - BLACKPOOL Manchester to Blackpool speed walking race.
THE EXCHANGE WALK Mr H. Smith of Gateshead wins 35 1/4 mile Exchange Walk
MIDLAND ROAD WALK Many people take part in the Nottingham to Birmingham walk.
“FROM ‘BIG BEN’ DOWN TO THE SEA!” Walking race from London to Brighton - won by
NATIONAL ROAD WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP T Lloyd Johnson of Leicester wins National Ro
THE STOCK EXCHANGE "ANNUAL" London to Brighton walking race - won by L J Hollyer
FROM BIG BEN DOWN TO THE SEA A London to Brighton walking race - won by J H Ludl
THE BRIGHTON WALK W. P. Baker wins the London to Brighton walk for the second year running.
A LONG BEAT British policemen and firemen compete in 12 mile walk at Eltham.
NEWCASTLE EXCHANGE WALK Speed walking marathon in Newcastle.
NOTTINGHAM - BIRMINGHAM WALK Speed walking marathon.
LONDON TO BRIGHTON RACE Annual London to Birghton speed walking competition.
HARD LUCK LONDON TO BRIGHTON Walkers take part in a race from London to Brighton.
FEATHERED LIGHTENING Hundreds of racing pigeons are released
10,000 PIGEONS Pigeons are released from their cases in Wembley Stadium for the Welsh Pigeon Derby.
17000 PIGEONS Good footage of 17,000 homing pigeons being released from their baskets
A LONG BEAT 124 compete in Police Long Distance Walking Championships from Barking to Southend.
GARDA ANNUAL SPORTS Irish policemen and women compete in athletics events.
O'ER HILL AND DALE Cross country dog racing over scenic countryside.
THE HUSKIES DERBY Teams of huskies take part in 100 mile race over Sierras.
THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT Annual display of military skill from Olympia Arena.
THE GUARDS BEAT THE TERRIERS THIS YEAR! Men of the Coldstream Guards win an annu
ROUND BRITAIN AT WHITSUN - DONKEY DERBY Wivelsfield's donkey Derby attracts many.
PAGHAM'S PRAM RACE Funny stuff at a pram race where adults dress as babies and drink pints of beer.
NEWS IN FLASHES: PORTERS BASKET RACE
TOUR DE FRANCE Various shots from the world famous cycling race.
NEWS IN FLASHES Manchester to Blackpool Walking race won by Percy Reading.
ROAD WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP L. Allen wins 10 mile road walking race for third year in accession.
NEWS IN FLASHES - PANCAKE RACE AT OLNEY. Mrs Dix wins the pancake race at Olney.
THEY EVEN HAVE A TOTALISATOR THERE Prince Umberto of Italy watches a camel race in Sudan.
ROAD WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP A. E. Plumb wins the Road Walking Championship in Derby.
LILIAN SALKELD Walker 16 year old Miss Lilian Salkeld completes London to Brighton walk
THE WATERLOO CUP Coursing - "Latto" wins the Waterloo Cup, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon attends.
WOMEN'S ROAD WALK CHAMPIONSHIP Mrs Pugh wins the women's road walk championship in Wimbledon
MANCHESTER - BLACKPOOL WALK Mr P. Granville wins the Manchester to Blackpool walk.
LONDON TO BRIGHTON WALK London to Brighton walk won by T. W. Green.
“WALKING .... IN THE RAIN” Tommy Green wins walking race in the Midlands - in th
FOR THE THIRD TIME! Tommy Green wins the Manchester to Blackpool walking race -
WHO SAID IT WAS UNLUCKY The Stock Exchange speed walking race from London to Brighton.
BARKING TO SOUTHEND WALK (aka A LONG BEAT) Walking race from Barking to Southend won by W. J. Walker
TO BURTON ... ON BURTON! A walker walks from London to Burton and ends with a gl
20 MILES IN 3 HOURS AT 57 YEARS OF AGE A walking racer - George Cummings - sets
SEVEN MILE WALKING RACE Visiting Mexican team take first three places in walking race.
FESTIVAL PIGEON RACE Masses of pigeons are released for a race from Battersea Festival Park.
HOUGHTON REGIS FAIR Children's fancy dress competition is followed by the rollin
FAIR ENOUGH! Good item showing people having fun at Soho Fair in Soho Square, London.
SCOOTER MEN RAISE £100 Teams from seven colleges compete in a novel charity raising scooter stunt.
CAMERAMAN'S DERBY Sports to decide quickest man on his job for 1922.
IRISH COURSING Hare coursing at Clonmel in Ireland.
CHILDRENS SPEED TOY CHAMPIONSHIP Children's scooter, pedal car and go-cart racing in Paris
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Famous team of sledge dogs have first run of the season
ALL-IN REGATTA Weekly comedy regatta on a hot summer's day at Butlin's Holiday Camp
CRAZY GALA Fun and jolly japes in the Campers' Pool at Butlin's Holiday Camp
CHARIOT RACING (aka CHARIOT GAMES) Comedy Roman chariot racing at Butlin's Holiday Camp
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SLEDGE DOG RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE MUSHERS DERBY Huskies and drivers compete in a race in Canada.
DOG SLED DERBY Teams of huskies take part in cross country race
HARRIERS V CYCLISTS Cyclists and runners race through the Irish countryside.
COURSING IN IRELAND the sport of Coursing
YOUNG MUSHERS DERBY Youngster race round a track on sledges pulled by dogs.
PENNY FARTHING The Old Ordinary Bicycle Club hold a race from Westminster to Bla
ROAD WALKING RACE Footage of a walking race on a dreary day in the London suburbs.
HORSE TROTTING RACE ON SNOW Horse drawn sleigh race on Lake Treborningen, Sweden.
WINNER SETS RECORD O'Reilly wins Manchester to Blackpool walking race.
RAG ON RIVER Two student rags involve sailing strange vessels on river and a piano pushing race.
EGG AND SPOON RACE FOR CHARITY
SYDNEY SUNDAY SPORTS Light-hearted sports in Australia - wheel barrow races and fox terrier racing.
RACE FOR WAITERS IN NICE Waiters take part in a walking race through the streets of Nice in France.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - OBSTACLE RACE IN FRANCE
AUTO V. AEROPLANE Car and aeroplane race around a track near Paris, France.
“OLD MAIDS DAY†Women from Paris’ fashion houses enjoy their annual race around
HERE IS THE LATEST COMIC RACE IN PARIS Parisian waiters compete in an running an
A NOVEL RACE Men race around a track while rolling barrels - they do it every ye
“THE WALK-RUN-CYCLE-CRAWL-SWIM” RACE! Running, riding bicycles, doing an obstacl
THE KIDDIES’ “GRAND NATIONAL” Children dress as jockeys to take part in race in
(OLD MAIDS DAY) - version 2 Dressmakers from Parisian fashion houses run around
“COAL ...O!” Coal porters in Paris race each other in a sprint race carrying bag
“COMING, SIR!†Paris Waiters compete for quick service championship - running wi
FRANCE “GOES TO THE DOGS†Parisians enjoy a spot of Greyhound racing.
SLEIGH DOGS' DERBY Children race on sleigh pulled by dogs.
PAINTERS SET UP STRANGEST WORLD-RECORD House painters try for speed record
Veterans and Waiters Compete in Races
7 MILES IN 54 MINS 27 3/5 SECS Walking race in Greenwich won by C W Hyde of Enfi
“FROM ‘BIG BEN’ DOWN TO THE SEA!” Walking race from London to Brighton - won by
WHERE THE SNOW KING REIGNS Husky teams pulling sledges and hardy swimmers at an
TRACTION RACE traction-engine race
WATERLOO CUP ( GREYHOUND RACING 1914 )
HOMING Racing pigeons are entered in a race by their owners in Austria.
CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 54) A three mile walking race for men over 70 years
PLANE V BOAT Seaplane beats motor boat in unusual race.
SPORTSHOTS - JUST THE DOGS Footage of racing and hurdling competitions for small dogs.
CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 51) Greyhound racing in Durham.
SPORTSHOTS - SPORTING LADIES Women do formation exercises and take part in an athletic contest.
PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 53) Small huskies in training.
CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 19) an ancient tradition in Austria
MIDLAND ROAD RACE Walking race from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, to Birmingham, West Midlands.
BASKET CONTEST Basket carrying contest - possibly between Market Porters
MIDLAND ROAD WALK Many people take part in the Nottingham to Birmingham walk.
REMINISCENT OF A POLAR EXPEDITION Husky pulled sledge drives around snow swept Kent.
CHILDREN SPORTS - SOUTH AFRICA African children competing in various sports.
JOVIAL JUDGE WINS Cuts / Outtakes Greyhounds hunt hares in competition for the Waterloo Cup.
Skeeter Racing On Lake St. Clair In Michigan
News in Brief: Vehicles Are Raced Through Mud
RACING BORZOIS NEXT Greyhound racing is challenging by racing borzois.
COURSING Scenes of hare coursing in Ireland.
AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS Gerald Backhouse Features in Athletics Meeting from New South Wales
HUSKY DOGS Educational film showing Husky dogs at play, eating a bone, pulling sledges etc.
ITALY Speed walking race in Italian city.
TRAINING GREYHOUNDS Various shots of racing greyhounds being trained in a field.
COURSING IN IRELAND the sport of Coursing
GREYHOUND RACING Greyhound racing events.
Selected Originals NEWS FROM GERMANY - SKI-BOB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Selected Original - SPORT NEWS - ICE YACHTING
PIGEON RACE AT WESTMINSTER Crowds watch pigeons start off in race from Westminster, London.
GREYHOUNDS Greyhounds being trained and groomed for the races.
RACING AS USUAL Good Material Covering the Start of a Pigeon Race in Scotland
THE DOGS DERBY Greyhound race in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
ASTRA GAZETTE 13 - Canine Hurdlers show their paces
SKIING - FRANCE Men on skis pulled by motorcycles race around a French ski resort.
TRAPPERS FESTIVAL Carnival and beauty pageant in Manitoba, Canada.
PLANE V SPEED BOAT Speed boats and planes race each other.
WHIPPET RACING, TROTTING RACE AND DONKEY RACE
THE NORTH COUNTRY'S WALKING "CLASSIC" Walking race from Sunderland to Darlington
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - OLNEY PANCAKE RACE
MISS GREYHOUND RACING 1968 A beauty contest for girls working in the greyhound racing industry
WENDY WINS Wendy Lewis wins the women's part of the Butlin walk from John O'Groats to Land's End.
COURSING SEASON OPENS Coursing season opens and whippets compete for the Tipperary Cup in Ireland.
SKI ATHON Various shots of water skier contestants in a race from New York to Atlantic City.
HOLIDAY SPORT (aka WALKING RACE - CROYDON TO GODSTONE) The Croydon to Godstone walking race.
DONKEY DERBY Donkey Derby held for charity in Wivelsfield Green, Sussex.
HUSKY DOG SLEDGE CLASSIC RACE Husky dog sleigh race at New England.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Rubber Track laid at West Ham Stadium, London.
MIAMI DOG RACES Greyhound racing from Florida.
TOM PAYNE WINS MANCHESTER WALK Tom Payne, champion walker, winning another race.
RACE WITH PANCAKES Pancake race amuses crowds of London's East End.
TONS OF SPEED Elephant Derby races in America.
SPORT NEWS - ICE YACHTING United States enthusiasts of the fastest game on ice.
SCOOTER RACE Start and part of the scooter race from Bratislava to Prague in Czechoslovakia.
GIRLS WALKING RACE 15 year old Lillian Salkeld wins the 15 miles walking championship for girls.
TROTTING AND WHIPPET RACING Trotting and whippet racing are events at Shelbourne Park
BLUE RIBAND OF THE LEASH Hare coursing
COURSING MEETING (GREYHOUNDS) People chatting at greyhound coursing meeting (no racing).
RUNNING AT TWICKENHAM Backwards Runner Billy Robinson
WALKING IT Speed-Walker Cumming Teaches W
PIGEON RACE racing pigeons being fed prior to race.
LORD BISHOP'S WALK A look at the speed walking race for the Bishop of Birmingham's Challenge Trophy.
