Records of the Olympic Torch Relay, 1983-1984.

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Records of the Olympic Torch Relay, 1983-1984.

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Collection consists of a torch, motion picture film scripts, videotapes, press releases, maps, clothing, correspondence, and files regarding Olympic torch relay for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Includes approximately 5,000 color transparencies, several hundred black and white photographs, and a copy of Mickey Herscowitz's book, One with the flame. Files from Telephone Pioneers of America related to the relay route are in the collection. Also includes 53 hours of 16mm film footage used to produce videos of relay.

54 boxes (27 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415528

University of California, Los Angeles

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Olympic Games (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Telephone pioneers of America

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AT & T.

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The 1984 Olympic torch relay, sponsored and documented by AT & T, began in New York City on May 8, 1984 and ended in the Los Angeles Coliseum on July 28, 1984 at the opening of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games; the flame traveled over 9,000 miles during an eighty-two day journey, and an estimated 30 million viewers lined the route; Rafer Johnson lit the cauldron upon the flame's arrival at the Coliseum. From the description of Records of the Olympic Torch Relay, 1983-1984. (Universi...