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Records Fall In West Coast Meet

Records Fall In West Coast Meet
Clip: 361624_1_1
Year Shot: 1962 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1698
Original Film: 035-042-04
HD: N/A
Location: Los Angeles, California
Timecode: 00:13:21 - 00:14:30

Records Fall In West Coast Meet 40,000 People jam the coliseum in Los Angeles for the 22nd annual relays and see records topple in the discus, shot-put and the mile run. Peter Snell, the New Zealand sensation, sets a new American mile mark of 3:56:1. Good crowd shots, at night. Discus athlete. Shot-put throw, ball rolls, two judges with tape measure. Beginning of Mile run, athletes at line, judge with gun in shot, fires gun. Runners on track. Winner smiling.