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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SAMARANCH
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Less than four days after leaving to be with his dying wife in Spain, I-O-C President Juan Antonio Samaranch has returned for the remainder of the Sydney Games.
Attending his last games as International Olympic Committee...
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Argentina - Buenos Aires bids for Olympics
Argentina is showcasing it's olympic-style sporting facilities in a last ditch effort to be chosen as the host of the 2004 Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose the site for the summer games Friday (5/09)....
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The former Homeland Security Secretary during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics says terrorists have already diminished this year's winter Olympics. Tom Ridge says the celebration surrounding the Olympics has been harmed by the threat of attacks. (Jan. 30)
The U.S.' first Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, says security concerns surrounding the Sochi winter Olympics have already distracted from the games themselves.
"This is something that the Russian government and Putin,...
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Arrival of equestrian horses ahead of Olympics
1. Various of KLM plane carrying Olympic Equestrian horses taxiing on tarmac
2. Wide of plane on tarmac
3. Horse cargo being loaded off
4. Cargo carrying Olympic Equestrian horses being transported by a vehicle
5. Wide of cargo door...
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SYND 28 10 78 OPENING GAMES IN THE TWENTY THIRD CHESS OLYMPICS
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Scenes from the twenty third Chess Olympics in Buenos Aires.
1. vs of people playing chessFilm: Rev - Sound: Mag Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0064375 - LN Number: LN97895 -...
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Olympic torch relay continues ahead of Games opening
Tongzhou district
1. Wide of canal
2. Boat carrying torch bearers on canal
3. People waving flags on river bank
4. Torch bearers exchanging flame on boat
5. Close-up of boats on canal
6. Television crews and photographers on boat
7. Top...
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UPITN 7 12 78 1980 MOSCOW OLYMPIC EXHIBITION IN MUNICH
Moscow Olympic exhibition in Munich, West Germany.
1. gv Munich Olympic Stadium
2. ms interior, people looking at the exhibition containing the logo, mascot, photographs
3. various of dignitaries looking at the exhibition
4. cu...
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The Olympic torch arrives in Pyongyang
1. Welcoming crowd waving flags in foreground, Olympic torch relay plane taxiing on tarmac at Pyongyang's Sunan airport in background
2. Li Bing Hua, (on the right) Vice Executive President of Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic...
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CAN 093 OLYMPIC FLAME LIGHTING CEREMONY IN ATHENS
Ceremony for the lighting of the olympic flame in Athens before it is carried to Austria
1. cu torch held in magnifying bowl, torch ingnited by the sun
2. ms women, derssed in ancient Greek costume, woman rises holding the lit torch...
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Timelapse video shows Soyuz rocket rolling out and preparing for launch
A rocket carrying the Olympic torch successfully blasted off from the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Thursday, ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
The Russian rocket also carried three astronauts to the...
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SYND 3-11-72 PREPARATIONS FOR 1976 WINTER OLYMPICS
Canvassing in Denver for the forthcoming election on the hosting of the 1976 Winter Olympics
1 gv snow covered mountains
2 Denver street scenes
3 pro and anti Olympic stickers, posters
4 Olympic offices
5 gv mountains
6 buildings under...
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FRANCE: PEREC ARRIVES
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French athletic star Marie-Jose Perec arrived back on French soil early on Friday after withdrawing from the 2000 Olympic Games.
She eluded waiting media and was whisked off in an airport vehicle to an...
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Daytime at Olympics birthplace saved from fires
1. Various of monument dedicated to Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games
2. Mid of a hose pipe
3. Fire engines
4. Mid of firefighters
5. Exterior of museum
6. Various interior of the museum, columns, capitals
7....
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USA - Olympic torch arrives in Atlanta
The Olympic flame finally entered Atlanta on Thursday (18/7) as the torch relay covered the last few miles of its 15,000 mile journey which began almost three months ago. Thousands of Atlantans lined the streets of the Olympic City to...
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Fireworks bring London Opening Ceremony to close
An explosion of fireworks against the London skyline wrapped up the three-hour opening Olympics ceremony masterminded by one of Britain's most successful filmmakers.
Danny Boyle, the director of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Trainspotting",...
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WRAP Fireworks at closing ceremony, flame going out ADDS more
1. Various of fireworks and smoke above the National Stadium (also known as Bird's Nest)
2. Onlookers outside the stadium
3. Wide of stadium
4. Onlookers
5. Close up of Olympic flame
6. Olympic flame as seen through stadium facade
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Officials visit venues on last day of 2012 bid inspection
1. Wide of Olympisky swimming pavilion
2. Various interiors of stadium and International Olympic Committee candidates
3. Welcome sign for candidates
4. Various of synchronised swimmers performing
5. IOC applauds
6. Exterior Lokomotiv...
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Hundreds of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in the Nepalese capital Katmandu on Saturday to protest against the arrival of the Olympic torch in Lhasa.
HEADLINE: Raw video: violent protests as torch arrives in Lhasa
CAPTION: Hundreds of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in the Nepalese capital Katmandu on Saturday to protest against the arrival of the Olympic torch in Lhasa. (June 21)
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SYND 1 2 68 GRENOBLE PREPARES FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Grenoble is getting ready for the opening of 1968 winter olympics
1. aerial of river and town of Grenoble
2. gv sign: Grenoble, Ville Olympique
3. gv flags and olympic symbol
4. large olympic flag being raised
5. cutaway to people...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: MEMORIAL
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A thirty minute mass was held for I-O-C President's wife, Maria Theresa Samaranch in a small Catholic church in the heart of Sydney's business district on Monday morning.
Maria Teresa Salisachs-Rowe, 67, who was...
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UPITN 19 7 80 NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ELECTED IN MOSCOW
New President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, is elected in Moscow.
1. gv exterior Bolshoi Theatre where International Olympic Committee meeting is to take place
2. mcu USSR and Olympic flags on...
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A burst of fireworks filled the night sky over Sochi on Friday as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Winter Olympics open. (Feb. 7)
A burst of fireworks filled the night sky over Sochi on Friday as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Winter Olympics open.
More than with most games, these Olympics are closely tied to the leader of the host nation.
Putin...
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First contingent of Chinese Olympic team arrives
1. China's Sports Minister,Yuan Weimin, arrives at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport
2. Cutaway media
3. Various of Chinese team and delegation coming out of arrivals hall
4. Security
5. Close-up of bus
6. Another bus at arrivals
The first...
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SWITZERLAND: IOC ASKS SIX MEMBERS TO RESIGN
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On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee (I-O-C) recommended that six members resign in a bid to stem a spiraling crisis that started with allegations of vote-buying in Salt Lake City's winning bid for the 2002...