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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221025-02
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1936
Country: USA
Location: New York City,NYC,Randall’s Island Stadium
TC Begins: 22:07:26
TC Ends: 22:18:36
Duration: 00:11:10
1936 Berlin Olympics Homecoming, Jesse Owens & Others Police Marching Band followed by newsreel cameramen on top of car in lower Manhattan; motorcade parade thru New York City w/ athletes returning from 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. CU Black athlete not Owens. Helene ??? in car. Ticker-tape, MCU PoVs crowd seen from moving car (GOOD). 22:10:40 Motorcade passes Police Band playing (sd). Motorcade driving along tree-lined road to Queens Stadium. 22:12:10 Good traveling shot of Jack Dempsey in car with Betty Robertson - waves to camera. Jesse Owens waves from car stopped at Triborough Bridge. 22:12:52 Parade of athletes marching at Randall’s Island stadium. 22:14:05 LaGuardia speech at microphones - NBC, CBS and WNYC; table w/ medals, greets athletes. Medals presented Glenn Morris, Decathlon champion and Robert Clark, second place. 22:15:53 Helen Stephens at microphone, told to “make it snappy” - “Hello everyone, goodbye.” 22:16:08 Jack Dempsey at microphone, big applause - makes speech introducing other athletes inc. Jackie Wilson, Bantam weigh boxer. Bojangles Bill Robinson introduces others at microphone inc. Fritz Pollard, Jr., Frank Wycoff; Cornelius Johnson. Women athletes incl. Helen Stephens, Harriet Bland, Betty Robertson introduced. San Romani Awards; NYC; Celebrities; Heroes; Celebrity; NOTE: other Blacks identified on Universal card - Ralph Metcalfe; Corny Johnson.