| 00:57:25 53 |
UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO CAMPUS. BEAUTIFUL MODERN
BUILDINGS. 1955 |
| 00:57:43 71 |
TEAMS ARRIVE IN FLAG RAISING CEREMONY. AMERICAN
FLAG GOES UP ON FLAG POLE. |
| 00:58:18 106 |
OPENING DAY. PAN AMERICAN GAMES, MEXICO CITY, 1955
UNIVERSITY CITY STADIUM FILLED WITH SPECTATORS. ATHLETES MARCH OUT. PARADE OF ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS. |
| 00:59:09 157 |
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO RAISES THE MEXICAN FLAG.
ADOLFO RUIZ CORTINES ? |
| 00:59:22 170 |
LIGHTING OF THE ETERNAL FLAME BY A RUNNER.
OLYMPIC TORCH. |
| 00:59:37 185 |
WS CROWD, SPECTATORS TAKING SEATS, STADIUM
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| 00:59:48 196 |
TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS. 100 METER DASH. ROD RICHARD
UCLA. |
| 01:00:10 218 |
WOMEN RUN IN A RACE. 60 METER DASH. 2ND PLACE
ISABELLE THOMAS. 3RD, MABEL LANDRY MEDALS AWARDED. |
| 01:00:35 243 |
JAVELIN THROW. BUD HELD. KAREN ANDERSON
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| 01:01:03 271 |
MEN & WOMEN HIGH JUMP. HERMAN WYATT. ERNIE CHOPIN
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| 01:01:16 284 |
220 METER DASH. ROD RICHARD, CHARLIE THOMAS.
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| 01:01:32 300 |
MILDRED MACDANIEL. FEMALE HIGH JUMP.
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| 01:01:44 312 |
WOMEN'S 100 METER DASH. BARBARA JONES.
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| 01:01:57 325 |
110 METER HURDLE JUMPS. JACK DAVIS. WILLARD
THOMPSON |
| 01:02:14 342 |
SWIMMING POOL & AMPHITHEATER. 10,000 FANS
WATCH WATER POLO GAME. AMERICA VS BRAZIL. |
| 01:02:49 377 |
MEN'S HIGH DIVE. PLATFORM DIVING. MEXICAN DIVER.
SOMERSAULT. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. |
| 01:03:38 426 |
MEN'S 400 METER FREE-STYLE SWIM RACE. JIMMY
MACLAIN. HIGH DIVE PLATFORM PACKED WITH SPECTATORS. PEOPLE STAND UP. |
| 01:04:29 477 |
SPRINGBOARD DIVE. PLATFORM DIVE. PAT MCCORMICK,
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| 01:04:38 486 |
WOMEN'S 200 METERS FREESTYLE. W. L. WARNER. HIGH
DIVE PLATFORM FILLED WITH SPECTATORS. |
| 01:05:07 515 |
DIVING TEAM POSE
|
| 01:05:12 520 |
MEN'S 100 METERS BACKSTROKE. FRANK MCKINNEY
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| 01:05:37 545 |
TWO GIRLS DANCE. WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
PAIRS. MALE SPECTATOR YAWNS |
| 01:06:16 584 |
PAN AMERICAN ROWING EVENTS. SCULLING. ARGENTINA
CREW. COXSWAIN. SINGLES & TEAMS. |
| 01:08:12 700 |
CYCLING EVENTS. BICYCLE RACING ON TRACK. THREE
MAN EVENT. |
| 01:09:10 758 |
HORSE SHOW. HORSES JUMP HURDLES, GATES, HEDGES.
OBSTACLE COURSE. MEXICAN ARMY TEAM COMPETES. HORSE PRANCES. GRACEFUL. |
| 01:11:05 873 |
GYMNASTICS. TRAMPOLINE. DON HOFFRA ?SP. PUMMEL
HORSE |
| 01:11:33 901 |
TRACK AND FIELD EVENT, PAN AMERICAN GAMES
MARATHON RUNNERS RUN OUT OF STADIUM. |
| 01:11:49 917 |
1600 METER RELAY. RACE AROUND TRACK. PASSING
OF THE BATON. |
| 01:13:03 991 |
HAMMER THROW. ROBERT BACCUS. SPINS BALL ON CHAIN.
|
| 01:13:19 1007 |
DISCUS THROW. OFFICIALS MEASURE DISTANCE.
|
| 01:13:42 1030 |
BROAD JUMP. DESILVA.
|
| 01:14:02 1050 |
PARRY O'BRIEN. SHOT PUT. TAPE MEASURE.
|
| 01:14:31 1079 |
FEMALE ATHLETES. WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW.
|
| 01:14:42 1090 |
SLOW MOTION BROAD JUMP. ROY RANGE
|
| 01:15:01 1109 |
400 METERS RELAY RACE. BATON PASSING
|
| 01:15:35 1143 |
ATHLETES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
|
| 01:15:42 1150 |
POLE VAULT. BOB RICHARDS, BOB SMITH. DON LAZ
|
| 01:16:17 1185 |
MARATHON RUNNERS RETURN. GUATAMALAN TEACHER LEADS.
FANS CLAP. |
| 01:17:04 1232 |
1500 METERS RUN. RUNNERS NECK-TO-NECK. DWYER.
|
| 01:19:08 1356 |
WINNERS ON PLATFORM
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| 01:19:14 1362 |
AMERICAN ATHLETES AT PAN AMERICAN GAMES, 1955 POSE
FOR PHOTOS. ON WINNER'S PLATFORM |
| 01:19:44 1392 |
CLOSING CEREMONY
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| 01:19:53 1401 |
AMERICAN TEAM AT AIRPORT POSING.
|
| 01:20:19 1427 |
PLANE TAKES OFF. SILVER PROPELLER PLANE FLIES
IN THE SKY. |
| 01:20:40 1448 |
AERIAL OF TOWN BELOW. SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS.
GIVE TO YOUR OLYMPIC FUND. |
| 01:21:11 1479 |
FILM ENDS
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Year: 1955
Color: Color
Genre: MISC. SPORTS
Description: PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN MEXICO CITY SPORTS EVENT. COMPETITION SIMILAR TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 1955. AMATEUR SPORTS COMPETITION
