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Olympic Stars Return

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
68/88
Date Released
31 Oct 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Olympic Stars Return
  2. 2Smithfield Centenary
  3. 3Vietnam Demonstration

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
Back from Mexico to a big welcome home, some of Britain’s Olympic stars who helped win five gold, five silver and three bronze medals. The warm welcome our Olympic boys and girls received showed how proud we were of them. At Lancaster, Gold Medal crackshot, Bob Braithwaite, had a special welcome home at his local cinema, while at Iver, Buckinghamshire, Chris Finnegan, our Olympic Middleweight Gold Medal man got a warm reception from his family and friends.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Credits:
Camera
David Allan
Camera
Pat Whitaker
Camera
S. M. F. Plummer
Length of story (in feet)
210
Story extras:
Film clip

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Name
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Phone
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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