Olympic Games. Highlights. (Part Two)

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British Movietone News

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Issue No.

2462

Date Released

8 Aug 1976

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1. 1Olympic Games. Highlights. (Part Two)

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Montreal Olympic Games Highlights Second Part. DESCRIPTION: The second part of Movietone’s Highlights of the Olympic GamesIn the Olympic Pool, David Wilkie of Scotland, clocks the World Record time of 2 minutes 15.11 seconds, to bring home the Gold Medal for the 200 metres BreaststrokeThe ‘Flying Finn’, Lasse Viren, scored a Double Gold on the Athletics track, by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. He also ran in the Marathon, but failed to gain a third Gold Medal, finishing in fifth placeThe team from East Germany seemed to dominate the athletics events, with Udo Beyer winning the Mens Shot Putt, Rosmary Ackermann the High Jump and Joanna Schaller the 100m Hurdles amongst their medalsThe end of the Games is celebrated with a colourful ceremony which moved one gentleman to strip-off and ‘streak’ across the StadiumThe Olympic flame was extinguished to be re-kindled in four years time for the twenty-second Olympic Games in Moscow. SHOTLIST: MS David Wilkie (GB) on starting block for 200m Breaststroke. MS race pan. MS spectators. CU Wilkie away. MS swimmers to finish Wilkie leads. MCU Wilkie finishes. MS rest finish. GV start Class 470 Dinghy race. MS yacht K.353 Great Britain. GV yachts. MLS yachts towards with spinnakers set. MS K.353 round marker. MS start Mens 100m. MLS race finishes, 1st Haseley Crawford (Trinidad), 2nd Don Quarrie (Jamaica), 3rd Valeri Borzov (USSR). MS Udo Beyer (GDR) about to putt shot. MLS pan shot in flight. MS scoreboard. CU start for Womens 100m. LS race. MS Annegret Richter (West Germany) winner walks away. MS slow motion Tadeusz Slusarski (Poland) gold medal pole vault. MS start Mens 200m pan Haseley Crawford pulls muscle and retires. MLS runners in final straight and Don Quarrie crosses line first. MS winners on rostrum. MS start of 10,000m pan. MS Lasse Viren (Finland) taking lead. MLS Viren wins with Brendan Foster (GB) 3rd. CU Viren. MS Princess Anne & ‘Goodwill’ round Endurance Course. MS slow motion K Schultz (USA) through water jump. MS spectators. MS Schultz out of water and past. MS start of Cycling Individual Road Race. MS riders away. MS riders round corner. MS riders away. MCU riders on course. MS Lasse Johansson (Sweden) comes into win. MS runners in 5,000m pan. MLS run into final straight, Lasse Viren (Fin) wins. MCU Viren holds up hands. MLS start Womens 100m Hurdles. MS race. MLS finish 1st Joanna Schaller (GDR). MS pan winner receives congratulations. MS start Mens 110m Hurdles. MS race. MLS finish 1st Guy Drut (Fr). MS runners after race. MS Arnie Robinson preparing Long Jump. MLS he starts run. MS he jumps 8.35m (gold). MS Sedya Verily winding up for hammer throw and releases. MLS hammer through air. MS scoreboard. MS Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) preparing for high jump. MS she starts her run. MLS run up and jump. MS scoreboard. MCU Jacek Wazola (Poland) preparing for high jump. MS starts run up and jumps. MLS he rises from mat. MLS 1500m John Walker (NZ) comes in to win. CU Walker. MS Walker crosses line. CU Walker running and waving. LS start of marathon. MS runners. MS runners leave stadium. MLS runners round corner pan. MS pan runners past. MS runners past on open road. CU feet. MS two runners past. MS pan runner round corner. MS Lasse Viren towards camera and round corner. MS Cierpinski (GDR) runs into stadium. LS Cierpinski towards finish. CU his face as he crosses line. TS stadium. LS girls run into centre form Olympic rings pan to ‘Streaker’. CU girls run back. LS girls reforms rings. LS girls in rings with television screen in b/g. MS arrival of Indian chiefs past camera. MCU flags of participating countries. GV stadium. MS Olympic flag lowered. MS Lord Killanin. MCU Olympic flame dies. TS exterior stadium.

Keywords

Royalty; Sport; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Fires; Swimming; Horses; Stunts; Athletics; Ceremonies; Sailing; Water sports; Newsreels

Locations

Montreal

Card file number

76/149A

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

702

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