OLYMPIC GAMES 1936 THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM BERLIN ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RARE ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE 9 ½” x 7” PHOTOGRAPH PU

OLYMPIC GAMES 1936 THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM BERLIN ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RARE ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE 9 ½” x 7” PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED BY PRESSE-BILD ZENTRALE, BERLIN, FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES 1936, OLYMPIC STADIUM, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1ST AUGUST, 1936. THE IMAGE DEPICTING THE VAST 100,000 CROWD WATCHING THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE POINT THAT ALL PARTICIPATING ATHLETES HAD PARADED ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAYING SURFACE. PRESSE BILD ZENTRALE, BERLIN STAMPED ACCREDITATION. The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an internatonal multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, in Nazi Germany. To outdo the Los Angeles games of 1932, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and many other smaller arenas. The games were the first to be televised, and radio broadcasts reached 41 countries. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the Games for $7 million. Her film, titled Olympia, pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports. The Opening ceremony took place on the 1st August, 1936 at The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany.