Creator: REO Motor Car Company, Lansing, MI

Subjects: Athletics, Athletes, Men's Teams, Track and Field

Description:

A REO-Grams newsreel. Highlights from the May 1928 Michigan State College (MSC) Track meet against Detroit City College. Lyle Henson captures the 100-yard dash, and MSC places 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the mile. Detroit wins the 880 yard relay, but MSC's Harold McAtee wins in the pole vault. Michigan State alumni Fred Alderman attempts the world record for the 175-yard dash in the presence of Charles Brennan, President of the Michigan branch of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Alderman would go on to compete in the 1928 Olympics.

Final score: MSC 85, Detroit 46.

16mm | black and white | silent

Date: May 5, 1928

Format: Video/mp4

Original Format: Film - 16mm

Resource Identifier: A007807

Collection Number: 00036 REO Motor Car Company Records

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections

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