A review of highlights of the 1974 Commonwealth Games, compiled by the NZBC sports section.
Includes the following actuality and coverage of Games events:
1) Dick Tayler winning the 10,000 metres.
2) Māori haka.
3) The oath of amateurism spoken by the New Zealand captain, Warwick Nichols.
4) A trumpet fanfare.
5) The women's pentathlon ceremony, including Mary Peters of Northern Ireland.
6) Mark Treffers, New Zealand swimmer, winning a gold medal in the 400 metres medley. Includes commentary and an interview.
7) Jaynie Parkhouse, New Zealand swimmer, winning a gold medal. Includes commentary and interview.
8) Mike Wendon, Australian swimmer. Includes commentary and him announcing his retirement after winning medal.
9) Wendy Cook, Australian swimmer. Includes commentary of her setting a new world record.
10) Dave Aspin, New Zealand wrestler, is interviewed after his medal winning ceremony, which was presented to him by the Duke of Edinburgh.
11) Commentary of the women's 100 metres and Raelene Boyle of Australia.
12) Commentary of the 3000 metres steeplechase and the incident where Davies of Wales has a collision on the track. The race was won by Ben Jipcho of Kenya.
13) Val Young is interviewed about her silver medal winning performance in the discus/shot put.
14) Yvonne Gowland of Australia becomes the first women to win a gold medal in the small-bore rifle shooting and talks briefly about career.
15) Morrie/Murray Gordon talks about winning a gold medal in the full-bore rifle shooting.
16) Commentary of boxing with F. Brown of New Zealand against Uganda.
17) Commentary of boxing with Lance Revill of New Zealand against Samoa.
18) Commentary of boxing with Bill Byrne of New Zealand against Nigeria who wins a silver medal.
19) Commentary of the 5000 metres with Ben Jipcho of Kenya winning gold.
20) Interview with Raelene Boyle of Australia after winning her second gold medal in the women's 200 metres.
21) Commentary and interview with John Walker of New Zealand after winning a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres.
22) Commentary and interview with Bevan Smith of New Zealand after winning a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres.
23) Interview with Sue Haden of New Zealand after winning a silver medal in the women's 800 metres.
24) A complimentary comment on the games by Betty Cuthbert of Australia read by the announcer, from an article in the Press.
[Tape 1 of 3]