Olympics - Looking Ahead

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1486
Date Released
25 Nov 1957
Date submitted
18 Nov 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympic Preparations. DESCRIPTION: The next Olympic Games are to be held in Rome. The Foro Italico, a big stadium with a wealth of old statues, is a monument to Mussolini’s plans for the 1940 Olympics. War ruled them out, but another older stadium, will no doubt come in very useful when the world’s athletes meet there in 1960. SHOTLIST: GV of Rome. GS of the Foro Italico Stadium. Different angle same. Shots of 2nd stadium which is slightly older in the Marble City. Shots of several plastic models of the swimming pool, and the big Sports Palace. Good view of work in progress for the new Olympic buildings to be ready in 1960.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Engineering
Locations
Italy; Rome
Footage sources
France
Card file number
72170
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Olympics - Looking Ahead', British Movietone News Issue No. 1486, 25 Nov 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22051 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)