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1948 - Sports, England: Olympic Competitors Arrive

Reel Number: 221098-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1948,1940s

Country: Chile,China,England,South Africa,United Kingdom,USA

Location: London,southampton,Uxbridge

TC Begins: 01:02:17

TC Ends: 01:04:07

Duration: 00:01:50

1948 - Sports, England: Olympic Competitors Arrive US Olympic Swimming team arrives in London on American Overseas Airlines plane. Chilean team inc. military officials at Heathrow. US Women’s team arrive by boat at Southampton - pose on deck for cameras - one introduced by coach as June Stove ? from California plays ukulele & sings watched by crowd of men. Two Black female athletes at mic - “I hope to make the United States awful proud of me” - Alice Coachman ? Chinese men’s team at Uxbridge. South African team. CU Olympic emblem on athlete’s tie. Athletes training in wrestling, boxing & weigh lifting. Sports - Olympic Games. Post-WWII; 1940s;

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