Five Rings over Rome

A film about the 17th Olympic Games. Italy. City of Rome. The grand opening of the games at the Foro Italico stadium. Parade of participants. Sportsmen from Greece, Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Japan, India, USA, Italy are passing by. J. Paris (Italy) lights the Olympic flame. Cyclists racing. Pentathlon competition. Equestrian cross. Women's single kayak races. Races for men in two-piece canoes. Jumping high, long. Races of men and women at different distances. Throwing the nucleus. Boxing. Classic wrestling. Fencing. Swimming of men and women at different distances. Basketball. Weightlifting competitions. Race walking. Gymnastics competition. Marathon run. Performances and awards of athletes. Athletes visiting the sights of the city of Rome. Among them: Geishtor and Makarenko (Belarus, USSR), A. Seredina (USSR), Kapitonov (USSR), L. Trape (Italy), V. Dyachkov (USSR), R. Shavlakadze (USSR), V. Brumel ( USSR), V. Bulatov (USSR), D. Bragg (USA), R. Johnson (USA), V. Kuznetsov (USSR), V. Krepkina (USSR), R. Boston (USA), J. Owens (USA) ), J. Schmidt (Poland), J. Thomas (USA), A. Hari (Germany), H. Klaus (Germany), E. Kshesinskaya (Poland), Irina and Tamara Press (USSR), L. Berutti (Italy ), V. Rudolph (USA), M. Halberg (New Zealand), G. Grodocki (Germany), K. Zimny (Poland), Sobota (Poland), Idriss (France), Dumas (USA), Peterson (Sweden) , N. Krutova (USSR), E. Ferris (Great Britain), I. Kremer (Germany), B. Phelps (Great Britain), G. Tobian (USA), R. Webster (USA), S. Sivko (USSR), Terek (Hungary), O. Grigoriev, P. Zamparini (Italy), D. Becker (South Africa), F. de Piccoli (Italy), F. Nemeth (Hungary), R. Beck (USA), N. Tatarinov, H. Selg (USSR, Estonia), I. Novikov, O. Karavaev, M. Ishigushi (Japan), S. Filatov, V. Zhdanovich (USSR), R. Closset (France), A. Kurynov, A. Vorobyov, V. Yengibaryan (USSR), R. Boston (USA), I. Ter-Ovanesyan (USSR), I. Roberson (USA), B Jones (USA), V. Golubnichy, N. Freeman (Australia), E. Zatopek (Poland), V. Kuts (USSR), P. Bolotnikov, V. Tsibupek (USSR), T. Pinegin (USSR), N Ponomareva, V. Ivanova, E. Ozolina (USSR), Aikhara (Japan), A. Azaryan (USSR), B. Shahmen, T. Ono (Japan), L. Latynina, P. Astakhova, K. Ikeda (Japan ), E. Bosakova (Poland), M. Nikolaeva, T. Lyukhina, S. Muratova, Rhadi (Morocco), J. Bradford (USA), Y. Vlasov. Closing games. City of Rome. City views. Coliseum. Saint Paul's Cathedral. Transport and pedestrian traffic. The policeman regulates the traffic. Monks are passing by. Carabinieri at the stadium. Olimpic village. The shops. Barbershop. Statue of Marcus Aurelius. Street trade. Brass band. Children are playing.

B&W

6

1960