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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.
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 Olympic Games have been broadcast on television since the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
The first ever sporting event to be televised live.Footages by 'Swastika' (1973 documentary) and Britannica's video:https://www.britannica.com/video/180222/O...
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.
The 1936 Berlin Olympic games were the first to be televised. The Nazi government used the Olympics as a propaganda tool, and the presence of television was used to highlight Germany's sophisticated technology.