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1956 OLYMPICS

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Title: 1956 OLYMPICS
File Number: AFP-119G 16mm; VTM-119G Beta SP; NET-195 DigiBeta (at 01:00:00:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Sports
Year: 1956
Description: B W 1956 The 1956 Summer Olympics, Melbourne, Australia. 00:57:55:00 B W 1956 ws ms Runners with olympic torch views of the city crowds turnout for the pageant ceremonies and parades olympic flag giant olympic torch is lit and flames. 01:02:00:00 B W 1956 ws ms VLADIMIR KUTS USSR wins the 10,000- Meter Run CHARLIE DUMAS USA wins the High Jump HAROLD CONNOLLY USA shows his Hammer Throw BETTY CUTHBERT AUSTRALIA wins Womens 100-Meters NORMAN READ N.Z., excels in the 50,000-Meter Walk. 01:04:45:00 B W 1956 ws ms JOAQUIN CAPILLA, MEXICO, outperforms his competition in the Platform Diving contest ( Gary Tobian and Dick Connor USA finished behind him BOBBY MORROW USA wins the 100-Meters Dash GLEN DAVIS USA wins the 400-Meter Hurdles followed in order by the two Americans, Eddie Southern and Joshua Culbreath. 01:06:25:00 B W 1956 ws ms SHELLY MANN USA wins the Womens 100-Meter Butterfly, also, finishing just ahead of the two Americans, Nancy Ramey and Mary Sears BOB RICHARDS USA goes over for a winning Pole Vault a slow motion look at PARRY O'BRIEN in the Shot Put IRA DAVIS USA in a hop-step-and-jump (triple jump) ADHEMAR FEREIRA DA SILVA, BRAZIL, takes the Triple Jump. 01:09:35:00 B W 1956 ws ms USA Basketball team beats USSR ( BILL RUSSELL and KC JONES, future Boston Celtics pro's, appeared in the games). 01:11:00:00 B W 1956 ws ms **MILT CAMPBELL USA wins eight of ten DECATHLON events for a record breaking number of points. 01:13:20:00 B W 1956 ws ms THOMAS COURTNEY USA breaks an olympic record in a close race to win the 800 Meters AL OERTNER USA breaks the record in the Discus Throw another record breaker, as LEE CALHOUN USA wins the 110-Meter Hurdles. 01:15:18:00 B W 1956 ws ms Women Shot Put competition BOBBY JOE MORROW USA wins the 200-Meter Dash 01:16:32:00 B W 1956 ws ms ALAIN MIMOUN, FRANCE, finishes in the Marathon IVANOV USSR finishes first in the Single Skulls race and the YALE crew truiumphs for the USA in the Eight-Oared Shell competition ERCOLE BALDINI, ITALY, wins the Cycling Road Race. 01:18:18:00 B W 1956 ws ms TOM COURTNEY USA takes the 1600-Meter Relay race and BOBBY JOE MORROW USA wins the 400-Meter Relay. 01:20:05:00 B W 1956 ws PAT McCORMICK USA stars in the Womens High Diving event just as she did in the previous Olympics. 01:20:50:00 B W 1956 ws ms PAUL ANDERSON USA, Weightliftig Champion Gymnastic winners VICTOR CHUKARIN and LARISSA LATYNINA of USSR. 01:22:00:00 B W 1956 ws ms Pentathlon Events: Views of the equestrian race... ...fencing competition...shooting event...swimming and cross country running. 01:26:00:00 B W 1956 ws ms Closing Day Events: Ceremonials and parades olympic flag
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