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1928 ENGLAND: SPORTS: 55 mile Nottingham: to Birmingham walking race won in 9 hours 5 minutes.
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1:04Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1928
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION - 55 MILES WALK - W.F. BAKER FOR THE THIRD TIME WINS NOTTINGHAM TO BIRMINGHAM EVENT IN 9 HOURS ,5 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS
England (Nottingham)
Crowds in street, group of people on bicycles. Men getting into "official car" . crowds lining street watching walkers / police and man on bicycle escourting unidentified walker / crowd outside buiilding with poster "Big walk" / groups of bicycles escourting walkers along country roads / people lining roads / official car escourting leading walker (W.F Baker) at end of race / walker getting into official car (Birmingham) , more of people on bicycles escourting walkers
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