Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony - Swimming… 1964

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High wide angle of interior of swimming pool, with swimming race starting, and finishing. Low angle of finish of race, with judges getting into position on edge of pool. Start, and finish, of men's swimming 100 metres freestyle heat, and scoreboard registering result of race. Men diving into pool at...

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Cataloguer:
Tupaq Felber
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
No Sound
Media URN:
101277
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Time in/Out:
10:07:16 / 10:12:17
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Film ID:
201206.278
Issue Date:
1964

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0:010:020:030:04

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