Soviet sports documentary

[Jeanette Owen]

PBS made a series called "The Red Files." The second documentary in the
series, "The Soviet Sports Machine," has interviews with Anatoly Firsov and
Alexandr Yakushev about the first Red Army hockey team, the victory over
the Canadians at the 1956 Olympics, and the 1972  8-game series against
Canadian NHL players.  Larissa Latynina (18 gold medals), Natasha
Kuchinskaya and Olga Korbut talk about gymnastics and the role of the
individual athlete in the Soviet system, and long jump stars Ralph Boston
(US) and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan reminisce about the 1960 Olympics in Rome and
how their friendship grew over the years.

pbs.org should have further info on the subject, and the tel. number for
ordering is:    1-800-play pbs.



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Jeanette Owen
Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
(610) 328-8147
jowen1 at swarthmore.edu

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