/ Balloon released into the air during the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Balloon released into the air during the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1932-07-30/1932-08-14
[July 30-August 14, 1932]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
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Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Balloon released into the air during the Olympic Games. The balloon consists of a round top trailed by a rectangular banner that may have writing on it.
The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Text from negative sleeve: 1939. Los Angeles, California. The Olympic Games, 1934 [sic]. 1. The crowd at the Coliseum; the tower surmounted with the gas flame. 2. Same, closer up. The Notice on the wall reads: The important thing in the Olympic [Games] is not winning but taking part. The essential thing is not conquering but fighting well. De Coubertin. 3. The Japanese send up a baloon [sic] just as the Games start. 4. The first of the participants are entering from the tunnel and marching around the track. 4 films.
Type
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_1939_004
ark:/21198/zz002hvhbx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Balloons (Novelties)--California--Los Angeles
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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