The Tokyo Olympics
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The film portrays the seven days spanning the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 1964. The footage is accompanied by a narrator who offers a detailed explanation of the various sports and ceremonial events that took place that week.; The film was named Honorable Mention in the 1965 Photographic Society of America Motion Picture Division "Ten Best" International Cinema Competition.
Credits
George Merz (filmmaker); Lillian Merz (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Ron Doerring Collection
Distributed by: Society of Amateur Cinematographers
Subjects: Sports; Olympics
Places: Asia > Japan > Tokyo
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3581
Distributed by: Society of Amateur Cinematographers
Subjects: Sports; Olympics
Places: Asia > Japan > Tokyo
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,200 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/3581
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:08