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Winter Olympics Final Day Filled With Drama And Excitement
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keywords: Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley CA, U.S. Hockey Team, Gold Medal, East German Skier Helmut Recknagel
Synopsis: The U.S. Hockey team in a come-back win against Czechoslovakia, America's first hockey Gold in the history of the Winter Games plus the moving ending ceremonies of extinguishing the Olympic Flame and the lowering of the Olympic Flag...(read more)
- Date: 1960
- Duration: 00:03:00
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Winter Olympics Final Day Filled With Drama And Excitement
At Squaw Valley, California the VIII Winter Olympics final day ends with a blaze of drama and excitement. East German skier Helmut Recknagel wins the 80-meter ski jump. The U.S. hockey team scores a stirring come-back to defeat Czechoslovakia and win America's first hockey gold medal in the history of the winter games. The moving ceremonies of extinguishing the Olympic flame and lowering the flag brings to a dramatic conclusion the greatest winter sports festival in American history.
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- Newsreels: 1960 - February 29
