News Items from Abroad: Oslo Olympics Close

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1187
Date Released
3 Mar 1952
Date Other
Jan 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
News Items from Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Closing Winter Olympics. DESCRIPTION: The ending of the Winter Olympic Games at Oslo was marked by a ceremony of flags. After the national flags had been lowered, the great Olympic flag itself played its symbolic part in the final ritual. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Various national flags. Flags of all nations competing paraded on ice stadium. Flags lowered & raised. Cut-ins crowds watching. Olympic flag lowered & carried off. Night material.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies
Locations
Oslo
Footage sources
Gaumont
Rota
Card file number
56832
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Items from Abroad: Oslo Olympics Close', British Movietone News Issue No. 1187, 3 Mar 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17639 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)