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Runner Gene Venzke Wins Mile At VFW Meet
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keywords: sports, track and field, boston garden, runner gene venzke, runner glenn cunningham
Synopsis: Track fans fill the Boston Garden to the rafters to watch the 1940 VFW Meet where runner Gene Venzke comes out on top over Glenn Cunningham in a thrilling battle to the tape...(read more)
- Date: 1940
- Duration: 00:00:57
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States






Runner Gene Venzke Wins Mile At VFW Meet
10,000 track fans jam the Boston Garden for the V.F.W. Meet in 1940. The highlight was Gene Venzke's sensational victory in the invitation "mile." Eugene George "Gene" Venzke noses out the famous Kansan, Glenn Cunningham, in a thrilling battle to the tape.
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- Newsreels: 1940 - January 15