The Olympic road: Tokyo 1964

A survey of the preparations for the 1964 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo. Shows many Japanese athletes in intensive training for twenty events of the Olympic Games.

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Credits

production company

Tokyo Shinema

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places

Japan

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310870

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Japan

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Olympic Games (18th : 1964 : Tokyo, Japan)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Japan

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Japan, 1963

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