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Topical Budget 83-2: National Cross-Country (1913)
 

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"NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY. At Juvisy, France, England's team wins the championship from France, Scotland, and Ireland. Bouin, (France), the first man home, is carried off in triumph by aeroplane". England team in their kit pose for camera; the Scottish team. The race in progress, the runner leaving the stadium. No 37 (Bouin) coming home to the finish, welcomed by cheering crowd. Medium close up of two men in the cockpit of a biplane; long shot of the back view of the biplane as it takes off; and in flight.