OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIII {1980 LAKE PLACID OLYMPICS} {1980/02/21}, PART 1 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games from Lake Placid. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights. McKay recaps events from earlier in the day and previews tonight's and tomorrow's upcoming events. Sports commentator Dick Button covers women's figure skating short program. Button discusses the women's short program required moves and the way judging is conducted. Button interviews Linda Fratianne (USA) on her performance and her reaction to her scores from the judges. McKay profiles figure skater Emi Watanabe (Japan) her life back in Tokyo, Japan, and her training methods. Button reviews the standings after the short program with Anett Poetzsch (East Germany) in first place, Linda Fratianne (USA) in second place and Dagmar Lurz (West Germany) in third place. Button interviews Dorothy Hamill, figure skating gold medalist from the 1976 Olympics, about the pressure of finishing high in the standings after the short program going into the long program. McKay highlights the traffic problems in and around Lake Placid through the experiences of sports commentators Frank Gifford and Bob Beattie flying in a helicopter and riding snowmobiles to the top of Whiteface Mountain. McKay and Button profile the history of men's figure skating, including footage of Button from the late 1940's and other notable skaters of the past. Notable commercials and/or promos include Jesse Owens for American Express.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 21, 1980 08:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:02:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00079
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1980, Winter, Lake Placid; Olympics; Figure Skating, individual women; Figure Skating, individual men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dick Button … Sports Commentator
- Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
- Bob Beattie … Sports Commentator
- Emi Watanabe … Athlete
- Linda Fratianne … Athlete
- Anett Poetzsch … Athlete
- Dagmar Lurz … Athlete
- Dorothy Hamill
- Jesse Owens … Talent, American Express Commercial