Swimming and diving

Episode of Series “Olympic glory: the golden years”.
A history of the modern Olympic Games which utilises archival media footage to illustrate some of the heroic achievements of Olympic swimmers and divers. This tape includes footage; the springboard diving win of Pat McCormick in 1956; the Gold Medal wins of Shane Gould, Dawn Fraser and Murray Rose.

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Credits

director

Denis Phelan

producer

James Murray

production company

Big Fights Olympic Library

Golden Years

UP Sports

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Appears in

Group of items

Olympic glory: the golden years

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304223

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

History → History

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Diving

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Olympics

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1983

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