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PANORAMA OLYMPICS

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Item is concerned with the Olympic ideal of athletics as amateur, & unpaid. B/W film Olympic games: 1904 games at St. Louis (20-40); 1908 games at London (women archers, high jump Ancient Greek style, disputed finish of the Marathon) (40-80); Paris game of 1924 (P.Nurmi finishing in the cross-country); Berlin Olympics of 1936 A/g s stadium, s crowd giving Nazi salute, s Olympic flame, A. SCHWARZMANN giving winning gymnastic display, cu GOERING giving an approving stare at the win, s Jessie OWENS winning a race. Var cu s HITLER. (99-146). Also some film 1906 athletic event, people leaping over horses etc. (0-20).