Video URL


13171_27025_closing_ceremony
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1964
B&W

Landscape shot of snowy mountains and a city at the foot of them. The camera pans down to expose the 90 Meter Ski Jump site. Cuts to a long shot of a skier heading down the snow slick runway at more than 60 MPH. In slow motion we see the skier lifting off the runway and into the air, traveling more than 300 ft in flight with his skis almost parallel to his body, the tips point towards his nose. From above the viewer sees him in mid air with the crowd below him. Aerial shot of skier landing at the bottom of the slope reversing to a shot where he comes towards the screen and away from it again. He is a little black figure in a completely white frame. Extreme long shot of crowd completely filling up the frame. Long shot of Veikko Kankkonen going down ramp who makes the longest leap of the day. Camera follows him as he loses points for a poor landing (he does not fall). Medium shot of crowd to a close up of a woman with binoculars and a very thick white headband. And then similar footage of Toralf Engan, the winner, performing his jump. Medium close up of a blonde woman very happy within the crowd. Close up of Scandinavian athletes consumed by a crowd of press and fans. Long shot of balcony at Olympic Site with country flags and fans crowded around one another. Close up of Olympic Flame behind some sort of glass. Long aerial shot of closing ceremonies. Flags of participating nations are dipped in the traditional closing salute. Extreme long shot at night of five ringed Olympic banner being lowered. Medium long shot of eight gold medal winners carrying it from the arena. Back to the Olympic flame which begins to flicker out. Reverse back to the athletes carrying the banner out of the arena. And again back to the flame.