Cortina - Closing Scenes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1393
Date Released
13 Feb 1956
Date submitted
9 Feb 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cortina - Closing Ceremony. DESCRIPTION: At Cortina - a final flash of the Seventh Olympic Winter Games - the special Ski Jumping event. Finland carried off the first two places, the winner was Hyvarinen. The Olympic flag made its final appearance and then the grand finale. SHOTLIST: Olympic flag. Shot of snow. Shots of ski jumping. No 21 Hyvarinen wins, with a jump of 274 ft. Flags paraded around stadium. Olympic flag paraded. Union flag. Various fireworks shots.
Keywords
Sport; Ceremonies
Locations
Italy; Cortina
Footage sources
Italy
Card file number
65956
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cortina - Closing Scenes', British Movietone News Issue No. 1393, 13 Feb 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20729 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)