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Friday, August 3, 2012 Vintage Photo: The 1948 British Women's Olympic Swimming Team
A photo of the British women's swim team for the 1948 London Games, posted to Flickr by the National Media Museum. Click here to see the full set of 40 vintage photos of the 1948 Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, swimming link 0 commentsMonday, July 30, 2012 Slideshow of Photos of the 1948 Olympics
Talking Points Memo has another great slideshow of vintage Olympics photos, this time for the 1948 London Games. It include the above shot of Yugoslavia's Oto Rebula, Iceland's Örn Clausen, and eventual winner Bob Mathias of the U.S.A. during the decathlon. Labels: 1948, decathlon, London, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, July 26, 2012 The Opening Ceremony of the 1948 London OlympicsThe London Games officially opened on July 29, 1948. From the Wikipedia entry for the 1948 Summer Games: "The Games opened on 29 July, a brilliantly sunny day. Army bands began playing at 2 pm for the 85,000 spectators in Wembley Stadium. The international and national organisers arrived at 2.35 pm and George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Queen Mary and other members of the Royal Family, at 2.45 pm. Fifteen minutes later the competitors entered the stadium in a procession that took 50 minutes." Labels: 1948, London, opening ceremony link 0 commentsMonday, July 23, 2012 Slideshow of Photos of the 1908 Olympics
Talking Points Memo has a great slideshow of photos of the 1908 London Olympics, including the above shot of Mel Sheppard of the U.S. beating Great Britain's Harold Wilson to win gold in the men's 1,500-meter race. Labels: 1908, Harold Wilson, London, Mel Sheppard, track and field link 0 commentsWednesday, July 18, 2012 How Great Britain Dominated the 1908 OlympicsFrom a Wall Street Journal article on Britain's efforts to increase its medal count for the 2012 London Games: Though the 2012 team may be the finest in Britain's modern Olympic history, it isn't likely to beat the country's medal tally from the 1908 London Games, when British officials drew up the program of events and included oddball sports such as motorboat racing, the tug of war and rackets, allowing Britain to scoop 146 medals. "Nobody else [besides the British] really knew the rules," Polley said.link 0 comments Tuesday, June 26, 2012 The Judging Technology of the 1948 London OlympicsCourtesy of Google Books: The June 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics included this six-page article on the then cutting-edge technology for the 1948 London Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsFriday, June 22, 2012 Life Magazine Coverage of the 1948 London OlympicsThe August 23, 1948 issue of Life Magazine included this five-page article on the 1948 London Olympic Games. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, June 21, 2012 Pictures of the 1948 London OlympicsThe Guardian has a gallery of vintage photos of the 1948 London Olympic Games. link 0 comments Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Official Poster of the 1948 London Olympic Games
The official poster advertising the 1948 London Olympics, posted on Flickr by The National Archives UK. link 0 comments Friday, June 8, 2012 Film Footage of the 1948 OlympicsSome amazingly high-quality film footage of the four track events won by Fanny Blankers-Koen at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Labels: 1948, London, track and field link 0 commentsThursday, June 7, 2012 Vintage Photo: 1948 London Olympics
The Wall Street Journal's recent book review of Olympic Visions included the above photo of Fanny Blankers-Koen, winner of four gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Labels: 1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen, London, track and field link 0 comments |
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