HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1956 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA GAMES OF XVI OLYMPIAD XD83075

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“The Melbourne Olympic Games: Action Highlights of the 16th Olympiad” (1956) is a color, highlight reel film chronicling the Summer 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia - the first Olympics to take place south of the Equator. Presented by the Coca-Cola corporation, the film features scenes of triumphant athletes from the 68 participating nations in various Olympic events from track & field to swimming and rowing.

Title page, opening credits play over image of globe and fist clenching bottle of Coca-Cola (0:09). Text explaining contemporary history of Olympic Games (0:33). Aerial views of Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) (1:20). Dignitaries arrive, greet each other - President of the Olympic Games Avery Brundage, Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies (1:36). Opening ceremony spectacle/ show at the MCG; Stadium packed with spectators; Marching band plays “Waltzing Matilda” (1:40). Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wearing military uniform is welcomed by crowd and escorted to royal box (2:06). Parade of athletes from 68 different nations: Greek team leads procession and Australia, as host county, at the rear (2:20). Chairman of organizing committee, WS Kent Hughes, makes opening remarks from podium (2:56). Spectators line streets of Melbourne as Olympic torch runs through streets of city, makes way to stadium and runner runs along track (3:12). Lord Archbishop of Melbourne takes podium for opening remarks followed by John Landy (4:26). Track: Bobby Morrow wins 100m, 200m beating Jesse Owens (4:54). Women runners prepare for 100m, set off down track, Australian Betty Cuthbert makes record time and repeats record performance for 200m race (5:20). Men’s 800m final: Tom Courtney wins (5:57). Men’s 1500m final: John Landy, Murray Halberg, Neville Scott, Stanislav Jungwirth, Ian Boyd, Brian Hewson, László Tábori, Ron Delany, Gunnar Nielsen among others (6:11). Men’s 5000m final: Vladimir Kuts breaks Olympic record as he crosses finish line (10:37). Men’s Marathon: Camera closes in on Alain Mimoun (11:14). Men’s 50km walk: Camera closes in on Norman Read, Read becomes emotional at site of country’s flag during metal ceremony (11:48). Women’s 89m hurdles: Shirley Strickland wins and sets record (12:29). Men’s 110m hurdles: Joel Shankle, Jack Davis, Lee Calhoun (12:47). Men’s 3000m steeplechase: Chris Brasher does final jump to win race, set new record (12:59). Aerial shots of Men’s 400m relay (13:16). Women’s 400m relay: Moment that Australia wins, shots of crowd cheering while wearing paper visors with Coca-Cola label (13:29). Men’s road cycling race at Broad Meadows, Ercole Baldini crosses finish line (13:47). Young kids feed ducks at Lake Wendouree, men’s 1000m kayak pairs race begins (14:32). Men’s 1000m Canadian kayak pairs race beings (14:44). Men’s kayak single event (14:54). Men’s eight rowing event; America, Australia, Canada close to finish line as they battle for gold (15:08). Aerial shot of swimming pool men’s 100m, Jon Henricks, John Devitt, Gary Chapman congratulate each other (15:34). Women’s 100m freestyle: Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp, Faith Leech (15:44). Women’s 100m backstroke: Judy Grinham, Carin Cone, Margaret Edwards (15:54). Women’s 3m springboard, 10m platform diving: Pat McCormick prepares for dive, shot of winning 10m dive (16:06). Men’s 10m dive: Joaquín Capilla, brother jumps into pool and celebrates with him (16:19). Women’s and men’s long jump: Elżbieta Krzesińska tries to focus amid blaring crowd, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva breaks record (16:28). Men’s high jump: Charles Dumas (17:19). Men’s Pole Vault: Bob Richards (17:31). Javelin: Egil Danielsen win’s Norway’s first summer Olympics gold medal (17:55). Men’s and Women’s shot put: Parry O'Brien, Russians Galina Zybina and Tamara Tyshkevich battle for gold (18:20). Men’s and women’s hammer throw: Harold Connolly sets new record (19:03). Men’s and Women’s discus throw: Olga Fikotová, Americans Al Oerter, Fortune Gordien, Des Koch sweep event (19:17). Scenes of athletes bonding, relaxing in Olympic Village: dancing, playing cards, athlete drinks a Coca-Cola, Uganda’s team irons/ preps uniforms (20:15). Closing ceremony: In historic move, athletes march out shoulder to shoulder without their flags (20:56). Olympic flag is marched out of Melbourne Stadium, final shot of torch (21:56). Closing credits (22:17).

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