White City Athletic Championships draw contestants from 17 nations (1937)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit A record-breaking crowd of 83,000 spectators attends the Athletic Championships at White City, in which the US wins the 100 yards, Austria wins the pole vault, and S. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Athletics at the White City ENGLAND: London: Hammersmith and Fulham: White City: White City Stadium: EXT FINLAY, D.O. Wins Hurdles at White City international WHITE CITY International Athletics - B. Johnson wins 100 yds, Hurdles won by D.O. Finlay, A. Proksch wins Pole Jump, G. Vasoff, Johnson wins 220 yrds, Johnson highjumping, S.C. Wooderson wins Mile, J. Roltai & R. Toomsalu long Jumping. Sport track and field, meet, competition, contest, Sydney Charles Wooderson, the Mighty Atom, hurdler, hurdling, runner, running, race, track Background: A record-breaking crowd of 83,000 spectators attends the Athletic Champi