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Olympic Athletes off to Helsinki

Date released

17 Jul 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2231

NoS ID

043806

Story no

1 / 6

First party of Olympic Games stars leave England by air for Finland.

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London 2012 Olympic Games (2012)

Director

Danny Boyle; Kim Gavin

Subject

Media studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 420 minutes), £24.99

This 5 DVD set features both the entire opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as over seven hours of selected highlights from the games themselves, including the gold...

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Dominic Dromgoole on Massive Plans for the Globe (2011 Audio, Multimedia)

Dominic Dromgoole, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, talks to Dominic Cavendish about his plans for a multi-lingual festival of the complete works to co-incide with the run up to the...

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Olympia: Festival of Nations: The Story of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (1938)

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Part one of Leni Riefenstahl’s documentary about the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

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Tokyo Olympiad (1965 Video)

aka: Tokyo Orimpikku

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Producer

Suketaru Taguchi

Subject

Media studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 130 min., £15.99 (inclusive)

A documentary film about the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, shot by 164 cameramen using 1031 cameras, showing close, long and medium shots of the games.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

9 Apr 1928

Series name

Gaumont Mirror

Issue no

61

NoS ID

333576

Story no

1 / 6

NoS synopsis: the Varsity Teams rehearsing for the Olympic Games in slow motion

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Fire from Olympia (2004)

Director

Christopher Miles

Subject

Archaeology; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Historical documentary that explores the origins of the modern Olympic Games. The film follows the progress of three athletes who visit sites of the ancient Olympics and attempt to recreate different...

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Olympic Games

Date released

19 Aug 1920

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

469-1

NoS ID

127790

Story no

4 / 5

The Olympic Games at Antwerp.

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News Flashes - Stop Press: Men and Horses for Olympic Games

Date released

19 Apr 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1788

NoS ID

041010

Story no

2 / 6

Crack riders and horses train at Aldershot for Olympic Games.

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XVth Olympiad Helsinki: President of Finland Opens the Games

Date released

21 Jul 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2232

NoS ID

043817

Story no

6 / 6

With spectacular ceremonial the great games begin.

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