COMMONWEALTH GAMES. JOIN TOGETHER

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Year
1989
Reference
C2569
Media type
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Year
1989
Reference
C2569
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Advertisement
Duration
0:03:00
Production company
Flying Fish
Credits
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Bruno Lawrence
Cast: Judy McIntosh
Cast: Tony Barry
Cast: Joel Tobeck
Cast: Peter Elliott
Cast: Philip Gordon
Cast: Wiki Oman
Cast: Gary Stalker
Cast: Rob Jayne
Cast: Ian Mune
Producer: Brian Kassler

B&W footage of race.
Set “Behind the lines near Passchendaele. 1917”, during World War One.
Commonwealth soldiers lay bets to see who the fastest runner is, and decide they should do it again some day...
“In 1930, 400 competitors from 11 countries came together for what is now known as the Commonwealth Games....”