There's Olympic fever in Melbourne, or there was 69 years ago... The Melbourne 1956 Olympics are a landmark in Victoria's history and our collection reflects the many facets, from books to ephemera to indeed video... These are snippets from a fascinating home movie of the 56 Olympics that we hold. You can view it in its entirety in the library. #PMIVicHistoryLibrary #Collections #FoundInALibrary #Melbourne1956 | PMI Victorian History Library
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Terrific colour footage of the men's marathon at the 1956 Olympic Games. Starting from the MCG going down to Oakleigh, then returning to a packed MCG. This was the final event of the Melbourne games held on Saturday the 1st of December 1956. There were 46 participants from 23 nations, The event was won by Alain Mimoun of France, Yugoslavia took its first Olympic marathon medal with Franjo Mihalić's silver. Finland returned to the podium in the event for the first time since 1932 as Veikko Karvon
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