Film Record: Tokyo Olympics, The

Still from The Tokyo Olympics. Image via Chicago Film Archives.

Identifier:

• F.2005-02-0065 (Source: chicagofilmarchive.org )

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

George Merz

Lillian Merz

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:33:20

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

Chicago Film Archives titled amateur work, Photographic Society of America Motion Picture Division 1965 Honourable Mention "Ten Best International Cinema Competition"

Description:

"The Tokyo Olympics, 1964 takes us to Tokyo and the Olympic games and provides us with a ringside seat for the numerous events that composed this athletic activity. Bad weather cannot be helped in a work of this kind, but the results in this picture did not suffer because of any inclement weather. For cut-aways we see the Emperor of Japan in his box, the smiling faces of the Orientals in the audience, and even an occasional glimpse of the cold drink hustlers charging 50 yen for a bottle of Coca Cola" PSA Journal, Sept. 1965, 51.

Resources:

Part of the Ron Doerring Collection held by Chicago Film Archives

Locations:

• Tokyo, Japan (Filming)

Subjects:

• Recreation
•      Sports
• Asia
•      Japan

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Ron Doerring Collection, Chicago Film Archives

Video Link:

• chicagofilmarchives.org

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