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International sporting competitions from East to West, 1936-1965

International sporting competitions from East to West, 1936-1965

Collection: Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century    Volumes    International sporting competitions from East to West, 1936-1965

The items included here predominantly consist of programs for major national and international sporting competitions that took place between 1936 and 1965. This includes programs and souvenirs from the European Athletics Championships, the Asian Games, the 1948 Olympic Games in London and the 1st Czechoslovak Spartakiade in 1955. Other items include a report by the Committee for the Respect of the Olympic Spirit, in French, dated August 1936 and a report by the Committee on Fair Play in Sports, New York, regarding their concerns relating to Hitler's Germany hosting the Olympics in 1936.

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International athletics and other miscellaneous sporting competitions, c. 1936-1965

Various miscellaneous reports, newspaper and magazine cuttings, and other material related to international athletics and other sporting competitions. Montagu was an avid sportsman who kept a breadth of everything from...

Date:1936-1965
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-15-01

Material from the British Games, 1952-1960

Material relating to the series of British Games held between 1952 and 1960. The British Games were a series of international athletic events organised by the British Amateur Athletic Board....

Date:1952-1960
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-15-05

Material from the first Czechoslovakian Spartakiad 1955

Material from the first Czechoslovakian Spartakiad of 1955. The Sparakiad was an international sporting event sponsored by the Soviet Union and subsequently held in Eastern Bloc countries. This document contains...

Date:1955-1955
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-15-04

Material from the London Olympics, 1948

Material from the 1948 Olympics, hosted in London, England. This includes an official guide for the games, illustrations celebrating the games, official programmes for various sporting events, copies of the...

Date:1948-1948
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-15-03

Material from the Asian Games, Tokyo 1958

Material relating to the Asian Games of 1958, hosted in Tokyo, Japan. This includes a progress report on preparations for the games; parts one, four and six of a bulletin...

Date:1958-1958
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-ind-mont-15-02
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