Selected Originals - Farewell To The Games… 1966

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This item is filmed in Technicolor.

Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "Farewell to the Games" - 66/66.

Several shots of the long jump competition and judges measuring. Various shots of the swimming races. Swimmers leaving pool after race, some...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
55825
Sort Number:
66/066 O
Time in/Out:
01:52:42:00 / 01:56:11:00
Canister:
66/66 O (Selected Originals)
Film ID:
2005.16
Issue Date:

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