World Chess Championship in Moscow, 1966 - Archive Film 1063372

This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1063372 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ World Chess Championship 1966 Moscow, U.S.S.R. Russia. Tigran Petrosian beats Boris Spassky and wins the world chess championship. Some of the matches. General views of mid-1960's Moscow, the Kremlin, streets, and bridge over river. City traffic, Moscow?. The same man at a chess game probably the Russian World Chess Championships. Opponent wanders in the room. Chess players typing and taking notes, others look at a Chess magazine. Officials overseeing game. A large screen showing chessboard moves. People playing chess, using mini chessboard. Chess player with his head in his hands. Audience at championships. General public trying to work out chess moves. Audience clapping. Winner applauded and smiles. The board. Cheers. Winner shaking hands and embracing panel. Presentation and winner (Petrosian) has a wreath of flowers placed over his head Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced