OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVI {1992 ALBERTVILLE OLYMPICS} {1992/02/23}, PART 8 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games from Albertville. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentators Paula Zahn and Tim McCarver preside throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights.
Sports commentator Greg Gumbel covers the Olympic Closing Ceremony from Albertville, France.
Gumbel covers the Closing Ceremony, including closing remarks from Jean-Claude Killy, chairman of the International Olympic Organizing Committee, and from Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee.
Gumbel covers the taking down of the Olympic Flag and the extinguishing of the Olympic Flame.
Sports commentator Charles Kuralt covers a goodbye salute to the citizens of Albertville and all that was experienced by those attending.
Sports commentator McCarver covers the celebration on the Olympic floor in Albertville.
Sports commentator James Brown gives a sneak preview of the site of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer is the northernmost location so far to hold the Olympic Winter Games. The people of Lillehammer celebrate the two-year countdown with a folk festival.
Brown recaps some of the Norwegian athletes who won medals at the 1992 Games.
Zahn and McCarver highlight some of the good and bad moments of the 1992 Games.
CBS broadcaster (unidentified in this portion) reads a letter of thanks to the people of France for the memories of the 1992 Olympic Winter Games.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Candice Bergen for Sprint.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 23, 1992 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:26376
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1992, Winter, Albertville; Olympics; Closing Ceremony
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Anheuser-Busch products
- TV - Commercials - Chrysler automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Dodge automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Kellogg's cereal
- TV - Commercials - Maxwell House coffee
- TV - Commercials - Ragu tomato sauce
- TV - Commercials - Sprint telephone services
- TV - Commercials - Texaco gas stations
- TV - Commercials - Tylenol painkillers
- TV - Commercials - United States Postal Service
- TV - Promos - "Fish Police"
- TV - Promos - "Major Dad"
- TV - Promos - "The Boys of Twilight"
CREDITS
- Tim McCarver … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Paula Zahn … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Greg Gumbel … Sports Commentator
- Charles Kuralt … Sports Commentator
- James Brown … Sports Commentator
- Juan Antonio Samaranch … Cameo
- Jean-Claude Killy … Cameo
- Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint Commercial