Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Movie Premiere to Benefit Olympics
1954 Newsreel / Movie Premiere to Benefit Olympics / premiere of The Country Girl / Celebrities and Olympians pose for photographers on red carpet /
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Rio waterways still filthy 1 year after Olympics
Environmental activists sailed across Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay on Saturday to protest pollution in the city's waterways and broken promises to clean them up around the 2016 Olympics.
The silent flotilla coincided with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Jesse Owens wins the 200 meter dash at 1936 Olympic games in Berlin
Title card: 'Olympics Come To Close; US Big Winner' / Title card: 'Berlin' superimposed over aerial of Olympiastadion, Berlin / high angle view of crowds milling around outside stadium / close up American Olympian crouched at the...
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Kenya's former world champ Nicholas Bett killed in car crash
Kenya's Nicholas Bett, the 2015 world champion in the 400-metre hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash on Wednesday in the country's famed high-altitude training region, police and his coach said.
Bett was 28 and...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Olympics: US skiers getting used to life w
The US alpine skiing team says they're concentrating on the competition rather than the politics in Sochi, whilst getting used to competing without star skiier Lindsey Vonn CLEAN : Olympics: US skiers getting used to life w on February...
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Chinese Authorities are scrambling to make sure the best use of the post-Olympic spotlight. They want to avoid the fate of other Olympic hosts that were left with empty, debt-burdened facilities.
HEADLINE: Post-Olympic hype may boost Chinese economy
CAPTION: Chinese Authorities are scrambling to make sure the best use of the post-Olympic spotlight. They want to avoid the fate of other Olympic hosts that were left with empty,...
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Spielberg issue overshadows presentation of promos
1. Wide of the Vision Beijing news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. Mid of Andrew Law Wai-Keung, Hong Kong director on the left and Majid Majidi, Iranian film director
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin and English) Andrew Law Wai-Keung, Hong...
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When USA Swimmer Michael Phelps heads to Beijing next month, he'll get eight chances to break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven gold medals at one Olympic Games. Four years ago in Athens, Phelps competed in the same eight events but narrowly missed the record with six gold medals.
HEADLINE: First Person: Will Phelps Break Gold Medal Record?
CAPTION: When USA Swimmer Michael Phelps heads to Beijing next month, he'll get eight chances to break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven gold medals at one Olympic...
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Stars talk about the one year countdown to the Olympics
AP Entertainment
London, July/Various 2011
1. Wide aerial of the Olympic stadium
2. Mid aerial of the Olympic stadium
AP Entertainment
London, 18 July 2011
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Caine, actor - on whether he is looking forward...
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Janet Evans is back in the pool and hoping to swim at the London Olympics. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the 39-year-old Evans says she's been training hard with an eye on qualifying for next year's U.S. Olympic trials. (June 10)
HEADLINE: AP Exclusive: Janet Evans eyeing 2012 Olympics
CAPTION: Janet Evans is back in the pool and hoping to swim at the London Olympics. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the 39-year-old Evans says she's been...
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Olympic fans bask in hot summer weather ahead of Games opening
Londoners flocked to parks on Monday as the capital basked in sunshine.
Following weeks of heavy rain, temperatures in London climbed past 25C (77F) on Monday.
Despite the soaring temperatures, forecasters warned the sunshine will not...
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: WEAPONS ARE TURNED INTO SPECIAL OLYMPIC MEDALS
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
The former Olympic city of Sarajevo has prepared a gift for the home of the 1996 games - Atlanta.
Weapons used in Bosnia's civil war have been melted down and turned into commemorative medals.
The Children's...
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Tibetan peace march
1. Wide shot of Tibetan Youth congress protestors chanting anti-China slogans, waving Tibetan flags
2. Various of protestors burning Chinese flags, chanting pro-independence slogans
3. Cutaway of security standing at barricade
4. Wide...
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ATHOC praises success of games
1. Officials sitting down for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, head of Athens Olympic Committee:
"Today we can say that Greece and we the Greeks fulfilled our promise, our promise to the world. To the...
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Dalai Lama denies China's accusation of trying to mar Olympic Games
1. Wide of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama exiting elevator in hotel lobby and approaching reporters
2. Cutaway of security security
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader:
"That's baseless. I always support the...
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Olympic torch is lit in preparation for journey to Sydney
1. Various of Olympic torch
2. Olympic symbol
3. Lighting of the torch
4. Various Olympic vehicle
5 SOUNDBITE: (English) Marton Simitsek, 2004 Organising Committee executive:
"As a candidate city, we have promised to the Olympic...
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Japan launches new campaign to win the 2016 Olympics
1. Various wide of news conference
2. Cutaway of audience
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ichiro Kono, Chairman of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee:
"I think Beijing has been doing a tremendous preparation for the games in front of us. And this time...
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Pro-China demo ahead of the arrival of the Olympic torch
1. Zoom in of banner reading: (English) "Welcome 2008 Olympic Torch"
2. Dancer holding Chinese and US flags
3. Wide of dancers
4. Close of drum
5. Mid of drummer
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Chang, Olympic Torch Relay Supporter:...
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Japanese Olympic athletes and Paralympians hold news conference
In a tight race to land the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo bid leaders tried Thursday to focus on the country's clean record in doping, hoping to turn the spotlight away from the radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in...
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Tibetans look ahead to Beijing Olympics
Lhasa City, Tibet - 31 July, 2007
1. Wide of people waking past Potala Palace
2. Tibetans walking
3. Young boy, La Wang Zhu Zha, walking with his grandmother
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) La Wang Zhu Zha, young Tibetan, Vox Pop:
"It's great...
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WRAP Strike against austerity vote, flights grounded, demo
1. Mid of communist backed labour union (PAME) demo with placard on lamp post announcing strike on the left
2. Close up of demonstrators marching
3. Mid of demonstrators marching
4. Wide of marchers converging on main avenue near...
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Pro-Tibet demo in front of the Chinese embassy
1. Various of police struggling with Tibetan protesters trying to unfurl a banner
2. Policeman dragging a protester
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) No Name Given, Tibetan protester:
"To tell the world that the struggle of Tibet's independence...
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SYND 6-2-73 INTERVIEW WITH ATHLETE KIPCHOGE KEINO
The distance runner Kipchoge "Kip" Keino goes professional.
1. ms of the reporter and Keino
2. mcu of Keino speaking
Film: Pos - Sound: OPT SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0032087 - LN Number: LN39894 - Available in HD
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LOCOG chief and ceremony producer optimistic with six months to go
1. Wide of Olympic Stadium
2. Mid of Lord Sebastian Coe getting off bus
3. Close-up of Stephen Daldry CBE, Executive Producer, Creative (chairman) for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen...