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Olympic
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Tokyo
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1964
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Japan
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| Programming Daily Events
The publication of the daily programmes bearing the names of the participating
athletes are necessarily closely connected with the entries. The deadline
for entries being only ten das ahead of the start of the Games, entails
a most difficult problem in completing the programme editing and printing.
In 1963, information and data on past Games was accumulated, and the
number of programmes to be published was established on the basis of these
reports. This work was carried out by the Sports Technique Division, in
addition to the duties for which it had been primarily created. In March
1964, a final decision was made on the numbers of programmes to be printed
in the form of daily publications, periodicals and books. This was determined
on the basis of the accommodation capacity of each venue. |
| The editing policy was studied in April and May 1964, and these decisions
included: A 5 in size, 46.5 kilograms per ream and the contents were to
be written in English being the language most universally understood, with
a two-page spread in Englisch and Japanese. The names of certain specific
sports were given in French together with appropriate explanations. In
all programmes, the first four pages carried information details pertaining
to the IOC and the Organizing Committe officials. The code abbreviation
of the names of participating countries and list of daily schedules were
printed on the inside cover of all the sports programmes.
The designing of the covers for the programmes was executed with due
consideration to simplicity an attractiveness of appearance and maximum
utility for persons of various language abilities.
A total of 1.3 million copies were published. These publications were
divided into 23 kinds inasmuch as some sports required two different kinds
of programmes, ( as in the case of shooting which required one set for
clay shooting, and another for rifle shooting). |
| In the selection of printers to handle this work, time-saving factors
as well as geographical locations for convenience of the proof-readers
were considered. Companies with experience in the job printings for athletic
organizations were selected. Separate firms were commissioned for the printing
of covers, and pages common to all sports, and daily schedules. The total
number of printing firms thus involved was seventeen. The sales routes
were channeled through the Organizing Committee`s offices opened at all
the venues and actual sales were made by sports organizations at a commission
of 20%. Printers were placed on a "round-the-clock" schedule to allow
officials at each venue to receive programmes two hours before the start
of the Games.
(Source document: Official
Report 1964, Vol. 1, page 172) |
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