Australian Sports Meeting (1940)

Full title reads: “Australian Sports Meeting“. Victoria, Australia. VS of large crowd at Victoria Athletic ground watching medium distance race. MS of bookmakers / bookies taking bets on the main event of the day - a professional sprint. MS competitors in race are introduced. GV of the sprint race in progress, the winner collects a prize of £750. MS The winner, Reed from South Australia, talking about his win in a broad Australian accent. (Dublin reel) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content fro