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Commonwealth Games Cardiff 1958 Reel 1 (1958)

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Commonwealth Games at Cardiff 1958. Credits, Photography : Bill Jordan, Editor : Cliff Boot, Sound : George Newberry, Writer : Chris Brasher, Music : Humphrey Searle. Prod. : Donald Taylor. Director : Eric Fullilove. Relay of runners take Queen's message overland to Cardiff. CU various Commonwealth ethnic competitors and flags. Empire Games Village sign and site. Distance runners practice in scenic settings. Cyclists in action along rural lanes. Athletes exercise all activities on sports ground. Jamaican Keith Gardner jumps hurdles. Welsh women sprinters practice starts. Swimming and diving practice at the new Empire pool and rowing on Lake Padarn. Some competitors site seeing at Welsh castle. Flags at dawn. Macdonald Bailey talks to the British Guiana team as others play billiards and chess, read and write letters while others check their equipment. The stadium and accommodation at dusk. WS opening ceremony. The teams march past Prince Philip and the batton runner arrives it is Ken Jones. Philip dec

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