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The Olympic Games in Paris 1924

The Olympic Games in Paris 1924 (Les jeux olympiques, Paris 1924).
Jean de Rovera, 1924.
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Edition screened: Included on Disc 02 (Chamonix 1924, I Olympic Winter Games) in Criterion’s 100 Years of Olympic Films 1912-2012 Blu-ray box set #900, released 2017. Scored and with English intertitles, no dialogue track. Runtime approximately 174 minutes.

Summary: No live depictions of violence or harm to animals. The first sequence of equestrian events shows horses with nasty branding scars on their necks.

Long scenes from the VIII Olympiad, Paris 1924, with an emphasis on running events, polo, and rugby.