OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XIII {1980 LAKE PLACID OLYMPICS} {1980/02/24} ,PART 6 (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 and Sports commentator Dick Button cover Linda Fratianne's (USA) Women's figure skating routine. Fratianne receives scores of 5.8 -5.9. Button interviews Fratianne after her performance and asks about her about her scores and the pressure of being in the spotlight. Sports commentator Al Michaels and Ken Dryden cover the third period of the men's ice hockey game between the USSR and Sweden with the USSR winning the game 9-2. The win results in a silver medal for the USSR and a bronze medal for Sweden. McKay plays footage of women's figure skater Anett Poetzsch's (East Germany) gold medal winning performance. McKay and Button recap her performance. Button interviews Poetzsch on her performance and her scores. McKay interviews Lynn Swann of the Pittsburgh Steelers regarding his emotions as he watched the USA hockey team's 4-3 victory over the USSR and winning the gold medal. Notable commercials and/or promos include Carlton Fisk for American Express and Tenely Albright for American Express.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 24, 1980 4:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:27:25
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:00096
- 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; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Copenhagen Smokeless Tobacco
- TV - Commercials - Good Year
- TV - Commercials - Schlitz Beer
CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor sports commentator
- Dick Button … Sports commentator
- Ken Dryden … Sports Commentator
- Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
- Linda Fratianne … Athlete
- Anett Poetzsch … Athlete
- Lynn Swann
- Carlton Fisk … Talent, Copenhagen Tobacco Commercial
- Tenley Albright … Talent, American Express Commercial