Collection search - 1932 Olympics : California

SMITH, Ken

1978-0286

Film

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1932

Russell E. Copland (Photographer)

photographer, Russell E. Copland

Silent, unedited footage of members of the Canadian Olympic team in Los Angeles, California for the 1932 Summer Games, as follows: men in suits; city scene with cars and tall buildings; men walk toward camera; pan shot down side of a theatre; men in Canadian sports team blazers with palm trees in background; crowd in stands of the Olympic Games stadium in Los Angeles; Games officials in the field inside the track oval; men and woman on board ship; a ship named City of Los Angeles; more shots of ships; man looks at camera; shoreline; rows of buildings (possibly the athletes’ village for the Olympic Games); palm trees; pan of Olympic Games stadium crowd; start of track race; athletes running races at the Olympics; more shots of the stadium crowd and several shots of an African-American man among the crowd (possibly Jesse Owens). <6mn>

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with written permission of copyright owner : with credit to Russell E. Coupland and Ken Smith