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1948 The 1948 Summer Olympic Games draw to a close in England
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4:02Now PlayingDate: 16th August 1948
Location: Unspecified
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Closing Days of the Olympic Games
ENGLAND: London: Various:
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BICYCLES AND BICYCLE RACING Reg Harris and Alex Bannister win the 2000 Meter Tandem final at Herne Hill Track in the Olympic Games 1948
EQUESTRIAN Equestrian 3-day tests at Aldershot watched by Prince Bernhard in the 1948 Olympic Games
REG HARRIS Riding with Alex Bannister wins the 2,000 metre Tandem final at Herne Hill in the Olympic Games of 1948
HERNE HILL Reg Harris and Alex Bannister wins the 2000 metres Tandem final at Herne Hall in the Olympic Games of 1948
HOCKEY India defeats Gt. Britain in Olympic Games Hockey final in 1948 Olympiad
HORSES Equestrian 3-day tests in the Olympic games of 1948 at Aldershot
OLYMPIC GAMES Games continue - Weight-lifting. Cycling at Herne Hill, Hockey -India V Gt. Britain. 3 days equestrian tests at Aldershot
OLYMPIC GAMES Olympic Games - 11th Day 11-8-48
WEIGHT-LIFTING Olympic weight-lifting. Very good shots of men lifting weights including Stanczyk who becomes Olympic champion. shots of Roe of Gt. Britain lifting.
Sport; Athletics
Militaire, Horse Trials, and Combined Training, athletes, equestrianism,
cyclist, weightlifter
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