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Pictorial Parade No. 24
Short Film (Full Length) – 1954
Limbering up is Olympic and World Champion Yvette Williams. A jump of 20 foot, five and three-quarter inches at Helsinki gained an Olympic title, and recently, at a meeting in New Zealand, Yvette’s magnificent effort of 20 foot, seven and one-eighth inches realised her ambition of beating the world record.– From the narration,
Good opportunity offered to a mongrel dog ...– From the advertisement for a theatrical canine
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