1936 XIth OLYMPIC GAMES BERLIN, GERMANY OPENING CEREMONIES & COMPETITION GG45925

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This silent, English-language film depicts the 1936 Summer Olympics (1-16 August 1936) held in Berlin, Germany, officially branded as Berlin 1936. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the Games for $7 million. Her film, Olympia, pioneered techniques now common in sports filming. (Note: it’s unclear if this film contains any Olympia footage.) German dictator Adolf Hitler saw the Games as a means to promote his government’s ideals of racial supremacy and antisemitism on a global stage, with the Nazi Party’s paper, Völkischer Beobachter, insisting Jews be excluded from the competition. Jesse Owens of the U.S. won four gold medals in sprint and long jump events, becoming Berlin’s most successful athlete, while Germany secured the most medals (38/101 gold); the U.S. placed second with 57 medals.

Film opens; Title Page (0:06). Berlin Cathedral surrounded by Nazi flags (0:09). The Altes Museum (0:12). Bustling streets; Cars (Fiat 254), double-decker buses, cyclists share roads (0:14). Count Baillet-Latour and Dr. Diem, secretary-general of games transported to opening ceremony (1:16). Brandenburg Gate (1:45). Close-up local newspaper announcing start of games (2:14). Hitler and Olympic Committee greet crowd on way to inaugural ceremony at Reichssportfeld/ Olympiapark Berlin while riding Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet B (2:16). Reichssportfeld (2:41). Opening ceremony spectacles: Balloons with Olympic Rings, air show, LZ-129 Hindenburg blimp (3:04). Stadium does Sieg Heil salute as Hitler, chancellors, other distinguished guests arrive (3:34). Parade of Nations (Shown: Greece, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Haiti, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Monaco) (4:51). Olympic flag raised, doves released, guns fired (8:35). Torchbearers run through stadium (Nazis invented the concept of torch run from ancient Olympia to host city) (9:13). Stadium stands for Olympic oath (10:24). Men’s 5000M: Japan’s Kohei Murakoso challenges Swedish, Finnish runners; Finland’s Gunnar Höckert wins gold (10:44). Men’s 100M: American track runners Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens at starting line (only men of color in race); Owens wins Gold as world’s fastest runner (12:26). Women’s 100M: Struggle between USA and Poland, American Helen Stephens wins gold (13:08). Close-up Stephens smiling at camera (14:18). Men’s 3000M steeplechase: Finland’s Volmari Iso-Hollo wins gold, German Alfred Dompert also medals (14:21). Men’s 1600M relay: Close race between America and England, England wins gold (16:05). Women’s 400m relay: America, Canada, UK on podium after Germany drops baton in final lap (17:41). Reichssportfeld entrance and ticket booths, pedestrian and road traffic, aerial views of packed parking lots, vendors sell paraphernalia outside venue (19:19). Italy vs. Austria football (soccer) gold metal match (21:15). Championship for athletics on Dietrich Eckart platform (uneven bars, pommel horse, rings) (25:03). Panoramic view of Olympic Village and forrest in Elstal, Wustermark (western outskirts Berlin) (28:44). Close-up details houses in village, all bearing coat of arms of different German villages (29:49). Athletes mingle with each other, playing cards and relaxing; Enjoying full-service bar (30:08). Charles Lindbergh on tour of village (31:54). Wildlife around ground: Ducks, swans, storks (32:20). Compilation water sport competitions at Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin: Swim races (freestyle, breath stroke, relay, backstroke); Diving (32:56). Women’s 100M free style: Stiff competition between Holland, Germany, Argentina (36:54). Women’s 100M backstroke; Close-up Dutch winner Nida Senff (38:15). Preparations for water polo gold match Hungary vs. Holland: Water cleaned, teams warm up (39:27). Glitch in footage, replay of some opening ceremony footage and competition previously featured in film (41:14-51:42). Field hockey final between India and Germany. India wins gold (51:54). “Military patrol competition:” Riders on horseback traverse obstacles (Note: IOC rejected competition, Hitler insisted) (54:03). Journalists with typewriters in stands (56:22). Equestrian final between Oberleutnant Freiherr vs. Wangenheim; Hitler looks on from stands (56:37). Oberleutnant Hasse wins first in hunt-jumping (57:30). Closing ceremony and the Olympic flame (60:42). Lowering of Olympic flag as film ends (62:06).

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