Squaw Valley California Ski Resort Promo Film " Winter Olympic Playground (1960)

Synopsis

This color educational/promotional film is about the facilities being built to host the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. Copyright 1960 by Harrah's Club, a casino hotel located in downtown Reno, Nevada. Opening: People ski through the snow. A skier jumps off a ramp. Figure skating. People watch skiing. Title: Winter Olympic Playground 1960 (:07-1:00).Skating, cross country skiing. A man skis down a hill. Olympic Flag. Statue of two men wrestling (1:01-2:06). Programs of prior Winter Olympic Games. Squaw Valley, CA in the United States is the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. Reno, NV, "The Biggest Little City in the World" is forty miles away. Neon signs of Reno. Squaw Valley, CA - snow covered mountains (2:07-3:33). Snow covered ground and trees, beautiful scenery. Three principal peaks. A man clears the snow off his car, people ski down a hill. San Francisco, CA, the organizing committee for the VIII Winter Olympics plan years in advance. Some architects sketch out buildings. They look over a map. A model of the property. Double chair lift that goes up Squaw Peak (3:34-5:41). Snow is cleared from roads. A crane digs with trucks nearby. Bulldozers and workers start to construct the Ice Arena. Wood and steel is set up and structured and the Ice Arena is being built. Speed Skating Oval. Pipe is welded together for the Speed Skating Oval. Pipe is laid down. Cooling controls for the pipes. Ice Arena is gradually taking shape. Ingenious support system for…

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Running time

28 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage