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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!

6 posted on 07/03/2021 4:04:41 AM PDT by SES1066 (Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)

It was unfortunate how the voice over didn't dovetail at all with the parade of countries. Odd that the Cubans were waving Japanese flags.

The route of the torch was interesting. Lots of countries we would consider dangerous places to travel through now.

11 posted on 07/03/2021 6:50:26 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)

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