Avery Brundage :

An Inventory of the Avery Brundage Collection at the University of Illinois Archives.



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Films and Tapes

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I. Sentinels of Silence    Ancient Mexican ruins of Mayas, Toltecs, and Aztecs: pyramids, stone carvings, mosaics, temples, statues. The sites are Tenochtitlan Monte Alban, Mitla, Tula, Palenque, Chichen Itza, Uxmal. Narrated by Orson Welles. 16 mm. color film. Directed by Robert Amram.
II. Der Olympiade der Kinder (The Olympics by Children)    Children's drawings of the Olympics at Munich in 1972. No narration. 16 mm. color film. Produced by Brockner Trickfilm.
III. World Treasure - Ours for the Voting    Television commercials supporting the bond proposition (Proposition A) to build an addition to the De Young Museum to house Brundage's Asian art collection. The commercials consist of Brundage and a civic leader urging an affirmative vote. San Francisco 1964 16 mm. black and white.
IV. International Olympic Committee Tokyo Session    The 54th Session of the I.O.C. in 1958, showing scenes of Tokyo, Brundage, Japanese officials, Emperor Hirohito, and other Olympic officials. The scenes include the opening session, inspection of athletic stadiums, social events, sightseeing in Western Japan (seeing shrines, temples, statues, and pearl diving), and the opening ceremonies for the 3rd Asian Games being held in Tokyo. English Narration. 16mm. black and white. Produced by Asia Film Inc.
V. Entrevista Saldano y Sr. Avery Brund ge    Interview with Brundage concerning the Olympics to be held in Mexico City in October, 1968 Interview is in Spanish- it occurred August 15, 1968. 16mm. black and white
This Week in Sports, narrated by Marty Glickman. Produced by Telenews Hearst Metrotone News
I. Winter Games Under Way    Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, February, 1960 Opening ceremonies, Vice President Nixon, figure skating, hockey, ski jump
II. US Team Wins Hockey Title    Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, February, 1960 Also skiing.
III. Olympic Hopefuls Meet in Trials    Gymnastic trials for Olympic Games, Rome, 1960
IV. US Olympians in Top Form    AAU championships and Olympic trials for summer games in Rome, 1960. Shot put, hammer throw, hurdles, sprints, high jump. June 28, 1960
V. Four Qualify for Olympics     Cycling trials for summer games in Rome, 1960. July 26, 1960.
VI. Olympic Games Open in Rome    Opening ceremonies, diving, swimmming, cycling, wrestling, basketball. August 30, 1960.
VII. American Stars Fail at Rome     Shot put, high jump, 100 meter run, swimming. (Americans win some events; the title is somewhat misleading.) September 6, 1960.
Films in Oversize File:
I. Auf Wiedersehen, Mr. Brundage     A film portrait of Brundage. Interviews with Brundage are overdubbed with a German translation. A written re-translation into English is with the film. Scenes include Brundage's eighty-fourth birthday party; interviews with Brundage in Chicago, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Lausanne; still photographs from Brundage's early career as an athlete and businessman; still photograph with Brundage and major world figures (De Gaulle, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Pope Paul, Franco, and Hirohito); Brundage's Asian art collection; and Hitler opening the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. 16mm. color. By Horst Peets and Werner Schneider. ca. 1972
II. The Avery Brundage Collection of Asian Art    Showing art from India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thhailand, Nepal, Tibet, Afghanistan, China, Korea and Japan. Statues, sculpture, pottery of religious and secular orientation. William Hollenbeck, Narrator. 16mm. Black and white. 1968
III. XIX Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968   Highlights of the games by ABC Sports. Covers opening of the games, track and field events, swimming events, equestrian events, gymnastics. Centers on achievements of Americans. Main narrator, Chris Schenkel. 16 mm. color, 1968.
IV. "Olympic Cavalcade",     Highlights of the XI (1936) Olympic Games, produced by United Artists/Westport International Films, Inc 1948 16 mm. black and white, ca. 45 minutes. Donated by Ruth Shellberg, November 20, 1989
Tapes:
I. Studio fur neue Musik-Heidelberg Aus-Viva-Musikproduktion. Olympic Music Festival , 1972   In German.
II. Olympic Games, Munich, 1972   Opening ceremony, Brundage, Gustav Heinemann.
III. Interview with Avery Brundage    Interviewer speaks German; Brundage speaks English. Concerning the winter games at Sapporo in 1972; the disqualification of Karl Schranz, the possible ending of certain winter events or the entire winter games.
IV. Brundage's Speech at the Tokyo Press Club, May 29, 1964   Concerning amateurism, nationalism (the use of national flags and anthems; the two Chinas;) and the construction of the sites for the summer games in Tokyo.
V. Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, 1960   Reports by Lowell Thomas on the Olympic Games.
VI. Winter Olympics, Sapporo, 1972   Cassette recording



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