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The Fifties

BBC One
on BBC One London

Robert Robinson looks back on July 1952
General Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson are nominated as Presidential candidates. Little Mo wins Wimbledon. The last tram runs in London. The Olympic Games open in Helsinki. The Games were dominated, as Christopher Chataway, M.P., recalls, by Emil Zatopek-winner of the 10,000 metres, the 5,000 metres, and the marathon.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Speaker:
Christopher Chataway
Director:
Will Wyatt
Producer:
Iain Johnstone
Source: Radio Times

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