13152_3264_berlin_olympics2
1936 / 1930s
This clip starts with a relay race in the Berlin Olympics. A man is running on a track in a large stadium with a huge crowd of people watching. There are other runners behind him. When the runner gets back to the beginning, his teammate takes his place and starts to run. The two runners realize something, and stop running. Then it cuts to Hitler who is watching in the crowd. He is seen pointing and talking with a man next to him. It cuts back to the race, and a runner in all white is taking the lead and running really fast. The clip cuts back to Hitler watching and talking in the crowd. The next segment is of a diver. It shows the woman in slow motion on a diving board performing a dive. Then it cuts to her talking to the camera. Next is another race. The first shot is of the runners in position, waiting for the signal to take off. The shot goes to a wider angle and the athletes are seen running. There is a cut to a man watching with binoculars in the crowd. The race ends and the shot cuts to a man in the crowd happy with the results. It cuts to the ceremony after the race where the athletes get their awards or metals. There is a man seen doing the long jump. This is a pan of the athlete running and then making the jump in slow motion. It cuts to a shot of the giant crowd in the stadium. Then it cuts back to the ceremony of athletes who won competitions. The athletes are standing in a salute position, waiting to be awarded. There is a cut back to the crowd who are watching and applauding. A black athlete is seen talking to the camera, out of breath. It cuts back to the crowd of people watching.Next there is a shot at nighttime of a large white rectangular building with flags. Then athletes are seen standing in a salute position with a big flag next to them. The film cuts to men walking with an open flag on the grass inside the stadium.