Reykjavik Airport and city as everyone awaits arrival of US chess Grand Master Bobby Fischer for World Championship Chess match with Russian champion Boris Spassky

1 plane across on tarmac airport scenes

2 reporters waiting

3 passengers off plane

4 clothes shop window with chess board as part of display

5 Reykjavik street

6 Icelanders playing chess

7 Boris Spassky playing tennis

8 interview with Spassky asked if delay is upsetting his routine as Spassky walks off

9 interior championship venue where chess table is set up

10 chairs

11 chess pieces

12 chess board and pieces

13 Fred Kramer talking about game being postoponed due to Bobby Fischer illness

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0027120 - LN Number: LN34177 - Available in HD

Russian World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky, in Reykjavik awaiting his match with American challenger Bobby Fischer.

1. ms Spassky leaving hotel with friends, walks to car gets in, and away.

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027160 - LN Number: LN34195 - Available in HD

The airport arrival of chess master Bobby Fischer of the United States for his match against world champion Boris Spassky of the USSR.

1. ws plane arrives2. ms officials and police waiting3. ms milling reporters with a pan to Fischer in car4. mcu Fischer in car5. vs car driven away through police escortFilm: Neg - Sound: Y - B&W - NYFilm: c0027216 - LN Number: LN34225 - Available in HD

Reykjavik Airport arrival of Chess Master Bobby Fischer of the USA for his match against World Champion Boris Spassky of USSR.

1. ws plane arrives

2. ms officials and police waiting

3. ms milling reporters with a pan to Fischer in car

4. mcu Fischer in car

5. vs car driven away through police escort

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027216 - LN Number: LN34225 - Available in HD

World Championship Chess match statements

1 Soviet delegation leader Efraim Geller

2 pan to press at end

3 SOUNDBITE:(English) Soviet interpreter says that the three days delay of Bobby Fischer is insulting

4 SOUNDBITE:(English) Dr Max Euwe says that rules have been violated

5 SOUNDBITE:(English) unidentified man says that both still want a chess match

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027268 - LN Number: LN34267 - Available in HD

Continuing World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky start problems

1 police car outside Bobby Fischer's villa

2 pan and zoom in to villa

3 gv villa

4 hotel entrance as press outside

5 Boris Spassky arrives and enters hotel

6 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Max Euwe statement about problems between the players

7 press men

8 SOUNDBITE: (English) Bobby Fischer's lawyer Paul Marshall hoping the problems can be resolved

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0027240 - LN Number: LN34247 - Available in HD

07/06/72 c0027268 - color

reykjavik: world championship chess match statments by the russians.

lnc 34267 "chess negotiations (sof)" shows: soviet delegation leader efraim geller (russian sof): pan to press at end: russian interpreter (english sof): dr mac euwe speaks (english sof):

(shot 7/5/72 55ft)

geller, efraim - sof

euwe, max - sof

iceland - reykjavik

spassky, bores - demands apology

fischer, bobby - apology demanded

chess

upitn / 77 ft / 16 pos / color / r41814

Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer arriving at the venue for their world title chess encounter.

1. ws exterior hall

2. ms reporters and spectators waiting outside hall for draw

3. ms Spassky arrives by car and enters

4. ms Fischer's manager in spectacles

5. vs Fischer arrives and enters

6. ws interior of hall

7. cu chessboard

8. vs Fischer and then Spassky leave

Film: Pos - Sound: OPT SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0027297 - LN Number: LN34308 - Available in HD

Stonemasion craftsmen working on construction of the fourth chessboard they have prepared for the World Chess Championship match between Fischer and Spassky

1 stonemasons workshop as workmen making chess board

2 stone being cut

3 finished board

4 SOUNDBITE:(English) unidentified stonemason foreman says that this is the fourth chess board for World championships to be made, various parties have objected to the previous three

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0027546 - LN Number: LN34394/A - Available in HD

Chess game opens between Russian Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer.

1. various of new chessboard being cleaned by machine

2. varous of Spassky playing tennis

3. gv hall

4. ms Fischer arrives, mobbed by press, enters hall

5. gv hall

6. ms Fischer leaving hall

7. ms Spassky leaving hall

Note found in the old record - *NB. This story is missing - (noted 06 mar 2006)*

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027397 - LN Number: LN34422 - Available in HD

General views of Reykjavik, also arrivals for the Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer for their chess match.

1. ws Reykjavik

2. Schmid arrives

3. vs Spassky arrives

4. Fischer out of car and into hall

5. Lombardi and Cramer

6. Paul Marshall

7. hall with zoom into windows of back room

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0027511 - LN Number: LN34535 - Available in HD

Chess craze in Reykyavik as the match between Russian Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer continues.

1. gv hall in Reykjavik, zoom in to flags

2. ms press and spectators

3. ms officials wait behind glass door

4. various of crowd outside hall

5. ms Spassky arrives and enters door

6. ms spectators

7. mcu Fred Cremer, Fischer's chief advisor speaking to press (SOUNDBITE): English, he's on his way, it will be massacre

8. various of Fischer arriving and entering hall

9. various of chess game on hood of car

10. cu newspapers showing headlines and pictures of chess

11. ms window displays of chess boards

12. various of local chess tournament

13. ms interview with a chess player (SOUNDBITE): English, vox pop, talks about Fischer

14. cu board as chess game ends and players shake hands

Note found in the old file - *NB. This story is missing - (noted 06 mar 2006)*

Film: Pos - Sound: Opt Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027600 - LN Number: LN34598 - Available in HD

Arrivals of World Chess Champion Boris Spassky and American Challenger Bobby Fischer at the Icelandic National Theater for the fourth game in the 24 Series championship title match.

1. ws exterior of National Theatre

2. ms Spassky arrives

3. ms car pulls upFischer arrives

4. ws crowds outside

5. ms Fischer leaving and into car and away

6. ms Spassky leaving and into car

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0027569 - LN Number: LN34585 - Available in HD

American chess champion Bobby Fischer and Russian Brand Master Boris Spassky arriving for their sixth game of the world chess championship.

1. ms Spassky walks across field into building

2. mcu Fischer enters building

3. ms press

4. ms Fischer out of building and into car

5. various shots press and crowds

6. various shots Spassky playing tennis

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag Trk - Colour - NYFilm: c0027682 - LN Number: LN34723 - Available in HD

Arrivals of american Bobby Fischer and Russian World Champion Boris Spassky for the seventh game in their 24 game championship match.

1. ms chess officials arrive in Range Rover

2. ms Spassky arriving, walks into building

3. ms Fischer arrives in a car

4. various of chess officials arriving

5. ms Fischer coming out

6. gv Laugardalsholl Sports Exhibition Palace where the match is played

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0027693 - LN Number: LN34776 - Available in HD

07/00/72 c0059689

reyjavik, iceland spaasky - fisher game #3

cut story "chess match" rear shot fisher seated at chess table spaasky walking toward table shots both at table at table looking over chess board spaasky concentrating on move spaasky makes move fisher makes move.

(july 1972 - 50ft.)

fisher, bobby

chess - 1972

iceland - reyjavik

spaasky, boris

50 ft cut story

07/00/72 c0059688

iceland, reyjavik spaasky - fisher chess match game #1

cut story "chess match" game #1 s boris spaasky & bobby fisher seates at chesss table two other men talking to them spaasky gets up & walks out one of the men going thru papers on top of table fisher gets up & walks out thru curtain pan into empty chess table game #1 part 11 ls fisher seated at chess table looking over his move his knees are moving back & forth spaasky walking to table & sits down writing on paper & looking chess boardover.

(july 1972 - 125ft.)

fisher, bobby

spassky, boris

chess - 1972

125 ft cut story

American challengeR Bobby Fischer arrives ten minutes late for start of the ninth match against world chess chapion Boris Spassky.

1. gv Reykjavik, zoom into sporting centre where the chess game is played

2. ms Lothar Schmid, the match arbiter, arrives

3. ms Spassky arrives

4. ms press waiting

5. ms Fischer arrives by car

6. ms officials

7. gv Reykjavik, zoom into sporting centre

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0027846 - LN Number: LN34938 - Available in HD

The Soviet Union is watching and following the current world chess championship in Iceland.

1. ms expert explaining moves from match

2. ms people listening

3. ws and pan large electronic chessboard display on wall

4. ms people watching

5. cu and pan expert demonstrator with aid of board

6. ms people listening

7. mcu expert

8. cu chessboard

9. vs chess games in park

10. ws park with zoom into group playing chess

11. cu chessboard with pull out to people watching

12. ms people watching with tilt down to chessboard

13. mcu chessboard and player

14. mcu other player with pan to time clock

15. ms people watching game

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0027897 - LN Number: LN34984/35017 - Available in HD

US challenger, Bobby Fischer, beats Russian champion, Boris Spassky in 10th game of the tournament

1. gv Reykjavik street

2. various shots, locals looking at window display of Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

3. gv exterior hall where games take place, zoom to Soviet, USA and Iceland flags

4. ms Borris Spassky and companion walking towards

5. cu Spassky walks into hall

6. motorcycle police standby

7. car pulls up, Bobby Fischer out and into hall

8. young man carries coffee tray into hall

9. various shots, press and people wait outside

10. Spassky leaves building

11. Fischer leaves building to applause

Film: Rev - Sound: Mag Trk - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN4989 - Available in HD