1.
MS CROWDS OUTSIDE STADIUM.
0.04

2.
CU QUEUEING.
0.06

3.
MS GHANA ATHLETES OUT OF BUS.
0.12

4.
MS BOYS LOOKING ON.
0.13

5.
MS GHANA ATHLETES.
0.17

6.
CU MAN PREPARING TRACK.
0.18

7.
MS 2 GHANA ATHLETES TALKING.
0.21

8.
LS PAN ACROSS SPORTS GROUNDS.
0.30

9.
MS ATHLETES BEING INSTRUCTED.
0.34

10.
MS START OF 440 YDS. HURDLES.
0.38

11.
LS RUNNER OVER HURDLES.
0.51

12.
MS SPECTATORS.
0.53

13.
MS DISCUSS THROWING.
1.00

14.
DITTO
1.05

15.
MS SPECTATORS.
1.07

16.
MS ATHLETES TALKING (2 SHOTS).
1.12

17.
LS START OF MEN'S 440 YARDS FINAL.
1.18

18.
MS ATHLETES WATCH.
1.19

19.
LS FINISH.
1.33

20.
MS MRS. WILLIAMS WATCHES.
1.35

21.
MS START OF WOMEN'S 440 YARDS.
1.40

22.
LS FINISH.
2.02

23.
MS SPECTATORS.
2.05

24.
MS WOMENS LONG JUMP WOMAN JUMPS.
2.10

25.
MS ATHLETES WATCH.
2.12

26.
MS WOMAN JUMPING.
2.12

27.
MS GHANA BEING AWARDED PRIZE BY MRS. WILLIAMS.
2.22

28.
MS ONLOOKERS.
2.23

29.
MS ANOTHER GHANA AWARD.
2.28

30.
MS SPECTATORS.
2.29


440 YARDS HURDLES, DISCUS THROWING, 440 YARDS MEN'S FINAL, WOMEN'S 440 YARDS, WOMEN'S LONG JUMP, PRIZES BEING AWARDED BY MRS. WILLIAMS.




Initials JGS/VS/CCT/JAS



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: AN INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS COMPETITION WAS HELD AT NIGERIA'S NATIONAL STADIUM NEAR LAGOS ON SATURDAY BETWEEN NIGERIA, GHANA, CHAD REPUBLIC AND DAHOMEY.

THE COMPETITION, WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, WAS A SPECIAL PRE-COMMONWEALTH GAMES TRIAL. NIGERIAN ATHLETES SHOWED UP WELL, VIRTUALLY DOMINATING ALL FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS THEY BROKE SEVEN NIGERIAN NATIONAL RECORDS.

GHAN'S MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER, J.A. ADDY GAVE A GOOD ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND WON THE MEN'S 440 YARDS, EASILY BEATING NWAOKORO OF NIGERIA WHO TOOK SECOND PLACE. GHANA ALSO TOOK THE POLE VAULT WITH A LEAP OF 13 FEET BY A.Y. SOGA.