Daily film highlights of the Games Of The XVII Olympiad are sent from Rome for broadcast during regular news bulletins.
There are also dedicated highlights segments on ABC and HSV7.
Australian channels hoped to have film packages from Rome around 48 hours after the event
Source: TV Times, 25 August 1960
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7AM | 7am Music, Clock, Time Calls 7.30 Today. Hal Todd, Zara Lange, Brendan Edwards. Includes Olympic Report |
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8AM | 8.30 Union Pacific | ||
9AM | 9am Close | ||
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12PM | 12pm Movie: Shepherd Of The Ozarks. 1942 [IMDB] | ||
1PM | 1.30pm Movie: Santa Fe Trail. 1940 [IMDB] | 1.30 Man Called X | |
2PM | 2.57 Menu For Tomorrow | 2pm Movie: Ladies Should Listen. 1934 [IMDB] | |
3PM | 3pm Lady For A Day. Larry K Nixon | 3pm On Trial 3.30 Fashion Digest |
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4PM | 4pm Woman’s World. Joy Wren 4.30 New Zealand Mirror 4.45 Kindergarten Playtime |
4pm Flash Gordon 4.30 Annie Oakley 4.55 Storytime |
4pm Buccaneers 4.30 Wild Bill Hickok |
5PM | 5pm Children’s TV Club | 5pm Young Seven. Madeleine Burke 5.50 Cartoon Carnival |
5pm Gerry Gee’s Happy Show. Ron Blaskett, Gerry Gee, Susan-Gaye Anderson, Ernie Carroll, Ray Sharpe |
6PM | 6pm Come To The Caribbean 6.30 The Betty Hutton Show 6.55 Olympic Summary |
6.15 Disney’s Adventure Time 6.45 News, Weather. Danny Webb, Brenda Marshall |
6pm Roy Rogers 6.30 News. Eric Pearce. Includes Professor Browne’s Study |
7PM | 7pm ABC News, Newsreel, Weather. John Royle 7.30 The Ann Sothern Show |
7pm Troubleshooters 7.30 Colt .45 |
7pm Challenge 7.30 M-Squad |
8PM | 8pm Sports Cavalcade 8.30 Movie: The Stars Look Down [IMDB] |
8pm Father Knows Best 8.30 Perry Mason |
8pm Tombstone Territory 8.30 The Detectives |
9PM | 9.30 The Bobby Limb Show | 9pm Markham 9.30 Graham Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight. Bert Newton, Joff Ellen, Joy Fountain, Geoff Corke, Panda, Jack Little, Arthur Young’s Orchestra |
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10PM | 10.10 Songs To Remember 10.30 ABC News, Newsreel 10.55 Close |
10.30 Olympic Report 10.45 At Random. Michael Williamson |
10.45 Heart Of The City |
11PM | 11.15 News. Geoff Raymond 11.20 Close |
11.15 Epilogue: Christian Television Association 11.20 News. Eric Pearce 11.30 Close |
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