Cinesound Review: John Landy Running Technique
1953
Cinesound Review: John Landy Running Technique
1953
- NFSA IDX1EN0PE7
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormNewsreel, Series
- Year1953
This is one of the best surviving films of John Landy in action is this report filmed by Cinesound cameras in January 1953.
Demonstrating in slow motion the smooth running technique which powered him to multiple middle distance world records the following year, for many movie goers, this would have been the first opportunity to see Landy up close. Filmed at Central Park in Melbourne’s leafy south eastern suburb of Malvern East, the oval was renamed in his honour in 1997.
Summary by Simon Smith
This is one of the best surviving films of John Landy in action is this report filmed by Cinesound cameras in January 1953.
Demonstrating in slow motion the smooth running technique which powered him to multiple middle distance world records the following year, for many movie goers, this would have been the first opportunity to see Landy up close. Filmed at Central Park in Melbourne’s leafy south eastern suburb of Malvern East, the oval was renamed in his honour in 1997.
Summary by Simon Smith
- NFSA IDX1EN0PE7
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormNewsreel, Series
- Year1953
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