#olympic opening ceremony

[firstdrafthistorian]

Paris-2024 - Opening Ceremony in Question

Olympic Opening Ceremony in question due to terror threat.

Paris, April 18, 2024, Socrates George Kazolias French authorities are having second thoughts on their ambitious plan to hold the Olympic opening ceremony on the river Seine. “There are Plans B and C which we are preparing in parallel,” French president Emanuel Macron said on April 15.  From the beginning, those in charge of Olympic security have been hostile to the idea of an opening ceremony,…

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#Olympic Opening Ceremony #Olympic Security

[amethystsoda]

Obsessed with the funky dancing happening at the Youth Winter Olympics opening ceremony 💃🏼🕺

#youth winter olympics #dance #winter olympics #gangwon olympics #opening ceremony

[grunge-mermaid]

if we don't get Mika performing at the Paris 2024 olympics in some way shape or form, I'm going to be very disappointed

#mika #mikasounds #seriously though the ENERGY he would bring to an opening or closing ceremony #like eurovision meets disneyland paris pride energy. you can't lose #and he'll have a french album out by then (she said hopefully. he's been approving final mixes so it has to be soon right?) #but he's already got some french bangers and bops #i know he sang blame it on the girls at the london olympics during beach volleyball #(if there is a video of that somewhere pls share <3) #so there's a precedence #put our boy on the main stage you won't regret it

[pulsar-1919]

I saw a clip from the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony earlier, got nostalgic and myself and my roommate, being the adhd fuckers that we are, ended up spontaneously watching almost 4 hours of it

#it's the first olympics i really remember #and the only opening and closing ceremonies i watched live in full because of the common timezone #my housemate is younger than me and didn’t remember it but did enjoy it #like musically it's fucking great. banger after banger #the entire production was spectacular #even if the britishness of it all made me gag at times #we did skip some of the flag cermony and the speeches though

[virtchandmoir]

tessavirtue17: Core memories #olympicsday Edit by @lemonsteaa

#tessa and scott #on ice #off ice #olympics #vancouver 2010 #sochi 2014 #pyeongchang 2018 #opening ceremony #team event #kiss & cry #podium #gala #program (cd): tango romantica #program (od): farrucas #program (fd): mahler #program (sd): dream a little dream #program (fd): the seasons #program (sd): latin rock medley #program (fd): moulin rouge #program (ex): long time running #sochi is something you love #upon reflection #because in the moment #the devastation was clear

[uwmspeccoll]

Milestone Monday

On this day, August 1 in 1936, the Summer Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. This Olympiad had a number of its own milestones: it was the first to be televised; noted German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned to produce the documentary Olympia, which pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports; Hitler used the games as an opportunity to showcase his government’s racist and antisemitic policies; and Black American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events as a middle finger in the eye of those policies. 

The opening ceremony featured a flyover by the German airship Hindenburg flying the Olympic flag behind it, and a lot of Hitler glorification. The American novelist Thomas Wolfe was present and observed that the opening was an "almost religious event, the crowd screaming, swaying in unison and begging for Hitler. There was something scary about it; his cult of personality." The opening wasn’t without its absurdly humorous moment however. Toward the end, 25,000 pigeons were released over the stadium, dramatically captured by Riefenstahl in her film. At the same time, cannons were fired, apparently terrifying the circling army of pigeons, which proceeded to release a barrage of pigeon poop on the upward-looking spectators.

This souvenir publication, Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung: Olympia-Sonderheft, was a special issue of the weekly German illustrated magazine Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, published by Ullstein Verlag and produced on June 16, 1936, featuring over 90 fully-illustrated pages.

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#Milestone Monday #August 1 #Summer Olympics #1936 Summer Olympics #XI Olympiad #Berlin 1936 #Nazi Olympics #Nazis #Adolf Hitler #pigeon poop #opening ceremony #Leni Riefenstahl #Jesse Owens #Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung #Ullstein Verlag

[wheretheeternalare]

having an unexpectedly violent reaction to the london olympics doctor who episode

#the experience of watching it before 2012...and everyone being like 'omg what if they actually did this at the real olympics' #and then the experience of liveblogging the actual opening ceremony... #oh to be a cringe 14 year old again

[ipl24]

#Paris Olympics 2024: Not Neeraj Chopra, TT Legend Sharath Kamal Picked As India's Flagbearer At Opening Ceremony | Other Sports News #TATAIPL #IPL24

#IPL24 # Ace table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the Indian team’s flagbearer for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics while the Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom has been named as chef de mission for the Summer Games, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced on Thursday. The Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11. The World No. 88 has won the national table tennis…

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#Ceremony #Chopra #Flagbearer #Indias #IPL24 #Kamal #Legend #Neeraj #News #Olympics #Opening #Paris #Picked #Sharath #Sports #TATAIPL

[discoverybody]

Opening Ceremony Audience At Paris 2024 Olympics Reduced to 300,000

Gerald Darmanin, the French Interior Minister, has confirmed that the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be attended by approximately 300,000 people, much fewer than the original plan. This ceremony will take place on July 26th, outside of a traditional stadium setting, with a big show on the River Seine. Tens of thousands of police and military personnel will be deployed to maintain security.

The parade of athletes will travel 3.7 miles along the Seine, with spectators lining both sides. Darmanin added that around 220,000 people will be given free tickets to the higher embankments, while 100,000 paying viewers will enjoy a view of the waterline.

Initially, organizers expected a turnout of 600,000 for the event, but no reason was offered for the lowered projection. Despite concerns about security, Darmanin voiced confidence in France's capacity to host the globe without incident and lauded the country's security forces.

French President Emmanuel Macron had earlier warned that if there were any security risks in the run-up to the event, the ceremony may be changed. He used the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 as an example of a circumstance that necessitated a rethinking.

Overall, while security fears have drastically decreased attendance at the Paris 2024 Olympics' opening ceremony, French authorities remain confidence in their abilities to provide a safe and successful event.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Wednesday that approximately 300,000 people would be permitted to attend the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This number is nearly half of what was originally planned.

On July 26th, an opening ceremony will be held outside of a traditional stadium setting, with a spectacular show taking place on the Seine River. Tens of thousands of police officers and troops will be deployed as part of the massive security operation that will take place.

#olympics #paris 2024 #opening ceremony

[sovamurka]

we will rock you x нас не догонят mashup, my beloved <3

#Olympics Sochi 2014 opening ceremony my beloved <3 ahshhfjfjfkdkkdk #TEN YEARS??? IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS AGO??? #I also still remember how I saw olympic torch run in my hometown. and IT WAS COOL AS FUCK-

[betweenthetimeandsound]

The Opening Ceremony from the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. I wanted to watch it for a while because I knew these games were a turning point from a dictatorship to democracy, and just wanted to see how vintage opening ceremonies operated.

Some notes I've had:

--I knew that 1996 was the first time where the Opening Ceremony had a storyline, so watching some of these aspects prior to the Parade of Nations felt like amateur hour. Some of it had aspects of Korean culture in it, which were the best parts, honestly. --I was surprised that there was a bit more show after the lighting of the cauldron. --It's interesting to see Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia as united countries in these games--two of them for the last time in the Summer games. --There are three types of parade of nations outfits: traditional clothing, tracksuits, and Western-style business suits. --I randomly laughed when Turkey was introduced. Not because of resentment, but because I was thinking of Turkish-Korean relations, or Abnormal Summit... --and speaking of which, I've heard of "Hand in Hand" playing in Abnormal Summit, or at least the early episodes!

#olympics #summer olympics #1988 olympics #seoul #south korea #opening ceremony #flashback #hand in hand #koreana

[k-star-holic]

Lim Young-woong, I watch "My Little Old Boy" for only three weeks today (8th).SBS, AGCLOSING CREEMONY

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#Malayan cat #Lim Young-woong #My Little Old Boy #Broadcasting #Olympics opening ceremony

[nikkiwebsterfan]

#Nikki Webster #Sydney 2000 Olympics #opening ceremony #Under Southern Skies #2000

[rabbitcruiser]

The Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1996), known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games, was held in Atlanta on July 19, 1996.  

#Opening Ceremony #1996 Summer Olympics #Games of the XXVI Olympiad #Centennial Olympic Games #19 July 1996 #sport #travel #original photography #vacation #tourist attraction #landmark #cityscape #architecture #public art #Atlanta #Georgia #USA #summer 2016 #Fountain of Rings #Quilt of Origins #Quilt of Nations #Centennial Olympic Park #Gateway of Dreams by Raymond Kaskey

[gijak3]

Donna Noble chilling at home, watching the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony with her family when all of a sudden a strange man picks up the fallen torch and Sylvia dive tackles the tv while yelling YOU CAN’T SEE HIM HE DOESN’T EXIST

EDIT : To everyone saying 'no she missed the whole thing' how does it feel to be so right she prob was bungee jumping in new zealand or something

#doctor who #doctor who series two #fear her #tenth doctor #sylvia noble #donna noble

[strokes-of-everything]

Don’t make jokes about the French winning Olympic medals for giving up.

dontmakejokesabouttheFrenchwinninggoldingivingup.

Don’t. Make. Jokes. About. the French. Winning Gold. In. Giving. Up.

#the only flag they’re waving in the opening ceremony #is a white one #Olympics #news #olympics 2024 #France