This rare 1964 film footage shows Monica Rutherford preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
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00:00But this year, four years after the Rome Olympics, Monica Rutherford is in Tokyo, and most of
00:09her work has been done here, in the gym at Fulwell School.
00:15When I go there in the evenings and in the dinner hour, I meet my old teachers, the teachers
00:21who helped me through my work, and Mrs. Groom, once Miss Allison, who trained me, and then
00:28they are all interested in my training now.
00:30At one time, it was, Monica, you must work, if you want to become a teacher, you have
00:35to get your GC, but now, I've got my GC, I'm at college, I have two years over, and now
00:42little more time to train.
00:46It's rather tiring, training, after you've been to college for a day, but sometimes I
00:50feel as though, well, if I want to get anywhere in world gymnastics, it's worth it.
00:55Bars, beam and floor work, then a little bit of vaulting, and then I go home.