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"Olympia: The 1936 Olympics in Berlin" is a documentary by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The film is known for its pioneering use of camera techniques, including slow-motion and extreme close-ups, and it set the standard for future Olympic documentaries.
1 to 16 August 1936 | Berlin (GER) Overview. Olympic Summer Games. GO OLYMPIC. GET ALL THIS. Stream free live sport events. Unlimited access to series.
Television Coverage. The 1936 Games were the first to be broadcast on television. Twenty-five television viewing rooms were set up in the Greater Berlin area, allowing the locals to follow the Games free of charge. Young Olympians. Thirteen-year-old Marjorie Gestring of the U.S. won the gold medal in springboard diving.
The BBC provided coverage of the 1948 Summer Olympics on their television service, live from Wembley Stadium and the Empire Pool. Coverage was mainly limited to the London area, [1] but could be picked up as far away as the Channel Islands in certain conditions. [3]
19 lip 2023 · This historic film from Germany (and with voiceover in German) shows footage of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. This was quite an ominous Olympics held prior to the start of the Second World War, and the film contains many pro-German elements which can be considered as propaganda.
24 sty 2023 · Whereas much coverage of the 1936 Summer Olympics is available thanks to the film Olympia, all live television coverage of the Berlin Games is now permanently missing, as there were no means of directly recording television prior to the years after the Second World War.
28 lut 2017 · Duration: 52 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. On the 1st August 1936, 100,000 spectators watched as Hitler and the Olympic delegates arrived at the Olympic opening ceremony in Berlin. The Olympic flags hung cheerfully side-by-side banners bearing the Nazi swastika.
