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Film: Yvette Williams jumping

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Yvette Williams performs a long jump in front of the Queen during the Invercargill Agricultural show on 29 January 1954.

Commentary:

'Yvette Williams...world's record holder for the women's long jump'.

Clip from The Royal Tour of New Zealand, 1953-54 (National Film Unit).

National Film Unit Film preserved and made available by Archives New Zealand Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga o Aotearoa .

 

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How to cite this page: 'Film: Yvette Williams jumping', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/yvette-williams-jumping-during-the-royal-tour, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Jul-2007

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