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The Official Opening of Bournemouth Athletic Centre

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Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

The Official Opening of Bournemouth Athletic Centre

This film features an athletics match held at Bournemouth Athletics Club's new athletic centre at Kings Park, which was officially opened on the 23rd of July 1960. We see numerous track and field events taking place in front of a large crowd of spectators including pole vault, shot putt, discus, javelin, triple jump and a variety of track events including the steeplechase.

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