Tokyo Prepares For 1964 Olympics 1963

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Tokyo, Japan.

Title reads 'Tokyo Busy Preparing for '64 Olympics'.

Various shots of the workmen working on erecting new building and roads in preparation for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. GV. Palatial building, Headquarters of Japan's Olympic Committee. CU. Olympic flag flying....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
79475
Sort Number:
UN 3791 D
Time in/Out:
01:23:05:00 / 01:24:10:00
Canister:
UN 3791 D
Film ID:
2677.06
Issue Date:
1963

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  • Very good!

    British Pathé 15th Aug 2012
  • It is great to see how the Olympics were in the old days.

    British Pathé 15th Aug 2012

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