Tonwoche №309 (1936)

The XI Olympic Games in Berlin.

A motorcade of cars drives along the streets of Berlin, the population greets Hitler, standing in an open car.

The cars drive past columns of athletes to the stadium, a view from above.

Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Hess and other officials walk along the stadium path, they are greeted by spectators.

A girl presents flowers to the Fuhrer.

The parade of Olympic participants, walking under the flags of their countries.

The parade is opened by the athletes of Greece, then the rest of the participants.

The athletes of Germany walk.

On the tribune, Hitler, Goebbels, Hess raise their hands in a fascist salute.

Behind them stands the president of the Olympic Committee, Count Henri de Baillet-Latour.

Hitler is at the microphone, he is opening the XI Olympic Games.

Many doves are released into the air.

The Olympic flag is raised.

In honor of the opening of the games, a salute from cannons is heard, bells ring.

An athlete runs along the stadium track with a torch in his hand, runs up the stairs and lights the Olympic flame in the bowl.

A panorama of the flags of the participating countries.

Women's javelin throw competition.

German Tilly Fleischer sets a new Olympic record of 45.18 meters and wins the gold medal.

Second and third places are shared by Luisa Kruger (Germany) and Maria Kwasniewska (Poland).

Hitler and Goering are happy in the stands, Goering rubs his hands.

German athlete Blask wins the silver medal in hammer throw, his result is 56.49 meters.

Germany leads in the shot put competition.

Hans Wolke wins the gold medal with a result of 16.20 meters.

Bärlund (Finland) is in second place, and Steck (Germany) is in third.

Men's high jump.

The gold medal goes to Johnson from the USA, his result is 2.03 meters.

Second and third places also go to American athletes - Albritton and Thurber.

Footage from the Olympic opening parade, the Argentine team is walking.

The girls are riding horses led by German soldiers.

The Great Britain team is walking.

A view of the stadium from above.

A polo competition is underway between the teams of Argentina and England.

The score is 11:0 in favor of Argentina.

The men's 1500-meter race.

Lovelock from New Zealand wins the gold medal with a new world record of 3 minutes 47.8 seconds.

Cunningham from the USA comes in second.

The winner is smiling.

The men's triple long jump.

The gold medal is won by Naoto Tajima from Japan, his result is 16 meters.

Narada from Japan comes in second, Metcalfe from Australia comes in third.

The women's 80-meter hurdles.

Trebizonda Valla from Italy comes in first, followed by Annie Steuer from Germany and Elizabeth Taylor from Canada.

On the podium are Hitler, Goering, Goebbels.

The competition board.

A German woman on the podium raises her hand in a fascist salute.

The failure of the German women's relay race.

The competition is won by an American and an Englishwoman.

The men's 400-meter race.

The winner is the African-American athlete from the USA, Williams, with a result of 46.5 seconds.

The men's javelin throw.

A convincing victory by the German athlete Gerhard Steck, with a result of 71.84 meters.

The Finnish athletes Nikkanen and Toivonen come in second and third.

The German and two Finnish flags are raised.

The Japanese athlete Kitei Son wins the 42.195-kilometer marathon with a result of 2 hours 29 minutes 19.2 seconds.

In fact, it was the Korean athlete Son Ki-Chang, who was forced to change his name, since Korea was then occupied by Japan.

Harper from England came in second, and Nan from Japan came in third.