Durban Sandshark Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 I'm surprised to see the BOA rep got any camera time at all. I remember seeing a news photograph showing a cameraman facing the crowd with his back turned towards the track as the flag went by the camera's position. When i think of 1980, I think of really big flags. They look like you could pole vault with them. A final note. Thanks to the boycott in 1980, Sochi 2014 will likely outnumber Moscow in terms of number of participating nations. I understand that impression though with the amount of cameras and of that photo you mentioned. BOA Team Manager Dick Palmer was going to get the obligatory TV face time as the flag bearer, after all. But like I said, those close-ups would not get the Olympic flag. At a distance and in the background, yes. Just not front and center. Furthermore, of course, there weren't as many TV cameras and multiple angles like there certainly is nowdays. And the commercial breaks back then for the likes of Australia (or if it was also in the US or Canada had they not boycotted) were more excusable with no Internet alternate footage accessible or existing. Seven surely didn't do this for Sydney during the entire OC. Yeah, those flags were huge back in Moscow especially with the poles. I think I got the names of the Seven Network Opening and Closing Ceremonies commentary duo: Australian Team General Manager Ron Casey and commentator Peter Landry. Remember the end credits from the first batch of Seven's commentary of Moscow 1980 with Peter Allen's I Still Call Australia Home and of the fact they call the other Peter and Ron. The intro entertainment stuff was pretty brief before the Parade of Nations in Moscow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Some footage of the Albertville 1992 closing ceremony - including the "angel" that blew out the Olympic Flame. The clip is from the main news programme of the ARD, the Tagesschau, from Februar 23, 1992 - the closing night in Albertville. The clip starts at 11:57 minutes, and I hope that viewing is not restricted to Germany only. http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video1065486.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 And another Albertville closing clip I found on Youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 There's already plenty of ceremonial coverage from Athens on Youtube -- but just for completion, here's some newly uploaded footage of the cultural part of the opening ceremony, as originaly broadcast by Greek TV channel NET: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJ8WdrEfO0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 ^^ Thanks a lot for the Albertville clips. Hope they post more bits of the closing in the future (specially the fireworks part). The guy in the top of the giant mast (which also served as the flagpole for the olympic flag) carrying the flag with him looked a bit like a scene of a pirate movie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreatolympicfanforlife Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 could someone update the opening ceremony of the 1996 olympics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 could someone update the opening ceremony of the 1996 olympics? What do you mean by "updating"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreatolympicfanforlife Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 i mean the full ceremony without the commercials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munichfan Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 What do you mean by "updating"? I assume agreatolympicfanforlife means "uploading". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I assume agreatolympicfanforlife means "uploading". He explained one post above, a video "updated" with no commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek201 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I love watching the clips of past ceremonies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 i mean the full ceremony without the commercials Well, our friend Guardian once had the complete (commercial-free) CBC coverage of the 1996 opening ceremony on Youtube and thought about re-uploading it a couple of months ago. Sadly, he seems to have dismissed that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Time for a rare jewel. Excerpt from the closing ceremony of the 1983 Pan Am Games in Caracas, Venezuela. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Been over a month since Balanced Australia's last Moscow 1980 Opening Ceremony video from Channel 7's broadcast. He must have got caught up in other things or still tweaking it making sure it is of great quality before putting up the next installment; he could make things up by giving us two or three next time. As we wait, I just found a new Moscow 1980 video from the son of Harvey Nicholson, Mike. Harvey filmed this on Kodak Super 8 and narrates the Opening Ceremony and scenes from Moscow with lots of the Australian men 8+, women's 4+ and men's pair rowing competition footage in Moscow. Mike later edited this to a 2-hour movie and a 15-minute one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 its 14 years ago..but still one of the best for me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreatolympicfanforlife Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 could someone update the opening ceremony of the 1996 olympics? i think you could uploading the 1996 ceremonies now the reason couldn't because of the revenue deal that the U.S. Olympic Committee and the IOC were trying to set up over the last two years. the reason i say that now is because you can now view the entire opening and closing ceremony of the Vancouver games now on you tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 i downloading vancouver 2010 opening ceremony hd in pirates bay..but why it is not downloading..?any recommendation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 i downloading vancouver 2010 opening ceremony hd in pirates bay..but why it is not downloading..?any recommendation? Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxZpUueDAvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Or use something like download helper to download that youtube entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Closing Ceremony of Kuala Lumpur 1998 CWG. Some scenes of it plus a small bit at the beggining of Manchester 2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I thought I'd ask this here instead of starting a thread - does anyone know the name of the music used during the Athens 2004 cauldron lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I thought I'd ask this here instead of starting a thread - does anyone know the name of the music used during the Athens 2004 cauldron lighting? It's the finale to Pirogov, by Shostakovich. Reasonably easy to find, though the exact version used in the ceremony was arranged by John Psathas, and as far as I know, is not released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Ah great, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Pilgrim Ensemble performs at the opening ceremonies of 2002 Asian Games, in Busan, South Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek201 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Pilgrim Ensemble performs at the opening ceremonies of 2002 Asian Games, in Busan, South Korea. Interesting. A little over the top...and not for the faint-hearted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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