{"id":9937,"date":"2022-04-03T09:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T08:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2022-04-03T09:37:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T08:37:57","slug":"24th-hyde-park-relay-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/24th-hyde-park-relay-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Hyde Park Relay: 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we have yet another amazing discovery. Like the previous post showing the Rag Procession, this is the 1972 “24th Hyde Park Relay Race”, as captured by the 8mm film camera of STOIC. But I have also found the 50 year old recorded commentary that would have been used when the film was inserted into the news programme TOPIC. I can also tell you that Graham Foster, a STOIC member and regular reporter is heard on that commentary. STOIC used the TV Studio’s Uher sound recorder to capture the genuine background sounds during the race. This is also one of those black and white films that they processed themselves ‘in house’. I have included the section from the 1980 interviews with STOIC Chairman, where Tim Dye talks about that 8mm film processing. The commentary does not quite fit the full duration of the film that I have included here. Graham also mentions that the race was organised by IC Cross Country Club. The most recent mention of the club is in Felix issue 1744<\/a> dated 21 February 2020 and mentions the race the previous Saturday 8th.<\/p>\n

There is a race report on page 7 of FELIX issue 310<\/a> (9 March 1972) the headline is down below along with the 1972 video.<\/p>\n

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