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- 1948-1949 (Creation)
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South London Harriers Athletic Club. Subjects include cross-country at Coulsdon; club group including Fred House, Gordon Pirie, Rev Pollock Hill and later other notables Jack Stubbs and Tom Richards; match with Lancing College; Surrey Youth's cross-country; Gordon Pirie and his father at Addington; boat race between running clubs at Hammersmith with Alex Pirie on towpath; South of the Thames at Horsham; Southern C.C. Championships at Sandhurst with Wooderson finishing; the National at Bromborough with Jack Holden at the finish; school race at Coulsdon on Farthing Down; London to Brighton Relay; Joe Binks and Tom Richards; South London Harriers versus Harrow School; AAA Championships at White City; Finchley 20; Polytechnic Marathon with Jack Holden Sir Eric Stubbs and Princess Elizabeth as the race starter; a staged finish of Alex Pirie handing the Olympic Torch to Gordon Pirie.
Originally numbered No.18 Reel 1 and Reel 2.