1960: This Week In Sports Vol. 11 #37
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Black and white sports newsreel featuring highlights from 1960, including athletic and swimming events at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy (Grace Kelly and Rock Hudson are in the crowd); a New York Yankees baseball game; a new boat race for general purpose boats on the St. Lawrence Seaway; and a boxing match in Tokyo, Japan, between Davey Moore and Kazu Takayama.
Credits
Marty Glickman (commentator); Dallas Long (participant); Davey Moore (participant); Kazuo Takayama (participant); Bill Nieder (participant); John Thomas (participant); Grace Kelly (participant); Rock Hudson (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: "Olympics - American Starts Fail at Rome” - Sports featured here: Shot put, High Jump, Hurdles, Swimming, Diving). Barry O’Brien, Dallas Long, Bill Nieder win medals in the shot put. John Thomas came third in the high jump.; "Baseball - Yankees Orioles in Flag Battle” - fight for the first place in the US league. The umpire gets knocked out by a ball.; "Yachting - New Type Boat in Regatta” - Race on the St Lawrence Seaway for a new general purpose boat.; “Boxing - Moore Retains Feather Title” - Fight in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first Japanese Championship bout between Davey Moore and Kazuo Takayama - Moore won and retained his title.
Subjects: Sports; Baseball; Swimming; Olympics; Athletes; Sailing; Boxing
Places: Asia > Japan > Tokyo; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > New York > St Lawrence Seaway
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 339 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12435
Notes: "Olympics - American Starts Fail at Rome” - Sports featured here: Shot put, High Jump, Hurdles, Swimming, Diving). Barry O’Brien, Dallas Long, Bill Nieder win medals in the shot put. John Thomas came third in the high jump.; "Baseball - Yankees Orioles in Flag Battle” - fight for the first place in the US league. The umpire gets knocked out by a ball.; "Yachting - New Type Boat in Regatta” - Race on the St Lawrence Seaway for a new general purpose boat.; “Boxing - Moore Retains Feather Title” - Fight in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first Japanese Championship bout between Davey Moore and Kazuo Takayama - Moore won and retained his title.
Subjects: Sports; Baseball; Swimming; Olympics; Athletes; Sailing; Boxing
Places: Asia > Japan > Tokyo; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > New York > St Lawrence Seaway
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 339 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12435
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15