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Olympic Flame Leaves Greece 1948
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Graphic reading 'Olympic flame leaves Greece'. Pan across ruins of original stadium of Olympia in Athens, woman in traditional Greek dress and man in shorts light Olympic flame using an olive branch. Soil is removed from the ground to be taken to Wembley, London, and the first runner runs away with...
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- Cataloguer:
- John Greathead
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 101045
- Sort Number:
- Time in/Out:
- 10:10:44 / 10:11:45
- Canister:
- Film ID:
- 201206.046
- Issue Date:
- 1948
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The torch-lighting ceremony seen here took place on 17 July 1948.
"At the local port" - this is Port Katakolon.
Note that this footage is a duplicate of clip 1434.12.