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Winter Olympics, 1961

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Scope and Contents

Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:24:00 The VIII Winter Olympic Games were held at Squaw Valley, Calif., on the Tahoe National Forest in 1960. The Forest Service cooperated before and during the games in avalanche prevention and control work. Shows good coverage of the games, and catches the excitement of the competition. Narrated by Lowell Thomas. AWARDS: American Film Festival, 1962; San Francisco International Film Festival, 1961; Columbus Film Festival, 1963; Venice International Exhibition of Documentary Films, 1962.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

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