Not too long after WWII. Interesting...
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They had Olympics back in the ‘60’s? Cool. So that’s probably when they started, right?
Excellent film and a real view of past customs and places. I like that there was no fear of lengthy shots and that one of the runners going by with Mount Fuji in the background was magnificent!!!
Unmentioned, at least in the preamble, but the 1940 Olympic Games were scheduled for Tokyo, except that by 1938, with the Imperial Japan aggressions towards China and Soviet Russia, it became a game of a different sort!
A side note but a telling one. Remember who was US President in 1964 and you better understand the USA Olympic Team clothes!
Interesting take. Seems like they were keen on showing how Japan and other parts of the world were joining the jet age and tearing down the old to replace with the new. Even in Mongolia they had “European style buildings”, at least according to one of their woman shot-putters!