Last updated 13th December 2004
Competitions added - 1973 Europeans 1975 Europeans
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7- Fantastic - Direct recording from TV to DVD.
6- Excellent - Very clear, crisp picture and great sound.
5- Very Good - Clear, crisp picture and very good sound.
4- Good - Clear but maybe a bit grainy and not quite as crisp. Good - Acceptable sound.
3- Okay - Slightly fuzzy, has obviously been watched a lot but gymnasts are easy to recognise. Slightly - Moderately muffled sound.
2- Watchable - Usually older competitions. Gymnasts are often difficult to recognise but still worthwhile if you really want it. Muffled sound or for older competitions, no sound.
1- Poor - Hard to see what is happening and generally not worthwhile bothering with unless absolutely desperate.
My list is like this - Competition/length/b&w or coloured/quality/type/commentary/TV station (if known)
1932
Olympic Tumbling Documentary - 3minutes/black and white/4/men's tumbling/English/US Newsreel/tape 97
1936
Olympics - 8minutes/black and white/3.5/men's routine highlights/none/Unknown/tape 201
1952
Olympics - 2minutes/black and white/4/women highlights/German/Unknown/tape 9
1956
Olympics - 29minutes/black and white/3.5 (you won't get a better quality competition that is this old)/men's and women's event finals/none (no sound)/Home video/tape 97
1959
Europeans - 23minutes/black and white/1.5/men's all around and event finals/none (no sound)/Unknown/tape 149
1964
Olympics - 5minutes/colour, dark background/4.5/men and women highlights/none/Japanese TV/tape 9
1966
Worlds - 17minutes/black and white/3/women's event finals/English commentary/BBC/tape 17
Worlds - 26minutes/colour/4.5/women's compulsories, optionals and event finals/none/Homevideo (ENDO, brilliant close up view of all apparatus, transferred from cine film so has piano music playing in the background and no other sound)/tape 118
1968
Olympics - 22minutes/colour/3/women's event finals/none - transferred from cine film so has music playing throughout and no other sound/ENDO Homevideo/tape 74
Olympics - 6minutes/colour/4/women's all around highlights/none/ESPN Classic Canada/tape 74
1970
Worlds - 24minutes/colour/3.5/women's event finals/none - transferred from cine film so has music playing throughout and no other sound/ENDO Homevideo/tape 89
Worlds - 11minutes/colour/4.5/women's balance beam final/English/ESPN/tape 118
1971
Riga International - 26minutes/colour/2.5/men's and women's routines (mostly men)/none (no sound)/Homevideo (very good view of everything)/tape 227
US Nationals - 6minutes/colour/3.5/women's bars and floor finals/English/ESPN Classic/tape 227
US vs. USSR - 40minutes/black and white/4/women's all around and event finals/none (no sound)/homevideo (very good view of everything)/tape 227
1972
Olympics - 20minutes/colour/3.5/women's event finals/none - transferred from cine film so has music playing throughout and no other sound/ENDO Homevideo/tape 74
1973
Europeans - 17minutes/colour/2.5 (top of screen flips fairly violently)/women's highlights/Spanish/TVE/tape 199
Europeans - 23minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals highlights/English/BBC/tape 274
Soviet Exhibition - 15minutes/colour/5/women's routines/English/ESPN Classic/tape 149
US Nationals - 2minutes/colour/5/men's floor final (Paul Hunt only)/English/ESPN Classic/tape 188
1974
Worlds - 22minutes/very faint colour/2/women's event finals/none - transferred from cine film so has music playing throughout and no other sound/ENDO Homevideo/tape 17
Worlds - 23minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/none - transferred from cine film so has music playing throughout and no other sound/ENDO Homevideo (very good view of vault, excellent view of all other apparatus)/tape 133
1975
Europeans - 3minutes/colour/4.5/Nadia's bars and part of Tourischeva's FX/German(?)/European TV/tape 274
1976
American Cup - 7minutes/colour/5.5/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 133
Chunichi Cup - 19minutes/black and white/2.5/women's all around/none (except on floor where commentary is in English)/ABC/tape 209
Olympics - 2hours 10minutes/colour/3.5/women's artistic all around and event finals (vault and uneven bars only in event finals)/none but has sound of every other kind e.g. floor music, clapping etc/Unknown (not a Home video)/tape 45
Olympics - 1hour 45minutes/colour/3 (good for it's age)/men's all around/none/CBC (no commentary but contains all other sounds like clapping etc)/tape 194
Olympics - 1hour 51minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/none/CGC (TV broadcast but without commentary)/tapes 146 and 147
Olympics - 14minutes/colour/5/women's highlights - mainly Nelli Kim/English/1976 Official Olympic Film/tape 128
Short feature on well known gymnasts - 5minutes/colour/4/women gymnasts from 1952-1976 including the whole of Olga Korbut's 1972 floor routine/English/Australian TV/tape 9
USSR Exhibition - 25minutes/colour/4/women's display routines and a couple of sports acro routines/none/Unknown (probably not a homevideo)/tape 193
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