Olympics - The Shine of Gold and Silver

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Series Name: British Movietone News

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Issue No.

1846

Date Released

19 Oct 1964

Date submitted

12 Oct 1964

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3 / 3

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympics - the Shine of Gold and Silver. DESCRIPTION: At the swimming stadium in Tokyo - history is made. Australia’s Dawn Fraser has won the hundred metres free style for the third successive Olympic Games. The day before, our thoughts all lay with Scotland’s Bobby McGregor, also in the hundred metres free style. However he was beaten by a finger by America’s Don Schollander. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV swimming pool. MCU American swimmer Sharon Stouder. MS crowd. MS pan women’s 100 metres free-style final. MS Australian Dawn Fraser (lane 4) and Miss Stouder (lane 5). MS delighted crowd. MS presentation of medals with Miss Fraser the winner and Miss Stouder second. MS crowd. MS pan left to right and right to left men’s 100 metres free-style final. MS Bobby McGregor (GB) shakes hands with winner Don Schollander (USA). CU clock. MS presentation of medals.

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Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

251

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