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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1553

Date Released

9 Mar 1959

Date submitted

5 Mar 1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Golden Probe in Orbit
• 2. Driving Tests
• 3. Bonnets for Easter
• 4. Zoo News
• 5. Olympic Preview

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympic Preview. DESCRIPTION: Excellent progress on the preparations for the 1960 Olympic Games is reported from Rome. The plans, first executed in model form, provide for a sports palace, a velodrome and a stadium, where athletes from all over the world will compete. There’s all the accommodation for them to be built: a whole Olympic village. Over to Hobart: racing in the hundred and ten yards sprint, just after winning the mile, wonder-swimmer Konrads was led by Davitt, the favourite, up to and after the turn. In one of the most amazing finishes ever seen, victory goes to Konrads. We’ll be seeing him at Rome! SHOTLIST: GV Olympic site (Italy). GV pan same. GV proposed swimming pool. SCU model of site. Another stadium. Another proposed site. CU pillar carved with Olympic emblem. Slip pan start of swimming race pan to GV race (in Australia). MS swimmers reach end of bath and turn. FS to SS GV race and finish (Konrads winner). CU Konrads and other swimmer in water.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Engineering

Locations

Australia; Italy

Footage sources

Australia
Italy

Card file number

76557

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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