Ceremonies on UTube, Part 3

[Durban Sandshark]

On 5/11/2025 at 3:18 AM, BigVic said:

There were no smartphones to take selfies then so they had to use their old-school flip phone or a digital camera to capture the moment. 

Definitely right. They were just actual cameras they carried, although plenty athletes also did carry videocams back then. Besides, the Internet was still very young and no broadband yet for several more years... 

[baron-pierreIV]

Another one on UTube:
 

 

Edited May 23, 2025 by baron-pierreIV

[Ikarus360]

RIP Ozzy Osbourne

 

[Bear]

Eurosport has uploaded their own coverage of the Paris 2024 opening ceremony, with French commentary:

 

[Durban Sandshark]

RIP to the great flugelhorn jazz player Chuck Mangione. Here he is at the Lake Placid 1980 Closing Ceremony with his band and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra performing the Lake Placid Fanfare, an instrumental he wrote and composed 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HkDQWoK5Ps&list=RD0HkDQWoK5Ps&start_radio=1

And with Fun and Games. Couldn't find his live renditions of Give It All You Got, of which this vid erroneously labels as, and Pina Colada on YouTube

 

 

[Durban Sandshark]

Chuck certainly gave it all he got!

[LinkParkFn]

Most people nowadays know him from his recurring cameos in King of the Hill, and to be honest, he was pretty funny parodying himself, especially in the episode "Mega Lo Dale."

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The World Games 2025 Chengdu

Opening

Closing

 

[BigVic]

Beijing 1990 Asian Games Opening Ceremony. Was a precursor to the failed 2000 Olympic bid but they ultimately hosted the 2008 Olympics 

[BigVic]

Before Brisbane 2032, we had Brisbane 1982 

[Durban Sandshark]

Orkney 2025 Island Games were held July 12-18 for just 7 days in 12 sports featuring 2000-2500 athletes from 24 different islands worldwide. Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland, got to host this 20th edition for the first time--and is the smallest to do so. Ola the Orca, created by a 12-year old Orcadian girl named Sarah Sutcliffe who won a competition among 880 local children, was the mascot, and Princess Anne opened these Games:

 

[Durban Sandshark]

Can't forget too the Games of the Small States of Europe that took place in Andorra la Verra this May 27-31 at the National Stadium with 9 nations involved in over 14 sports. Opening Ceremony for European nations that aren't really perennial Olympic powerhouses and thus often don't get medals. Andorra originally had the 2021 hosting duties but that was postponed because of COVID-19 concerns and ended up getting the 2025 edition: 

 

[Hightowerio86]

Here's a little something I added on my YouTube channel a few days ago

 

[BigVic]

Sydney was buzzing with excitement in anticipation of the Olympics this time 25 yeas ago. Feels like yesterday watching this video. The late Olivia Newton-John and Pat Rafter with the torch at the Sydney Opera House with the Olympic Rings lit up for the first time and was lit up every day until the Closing Harbour Night Spectacular fireworks display at the end of Day 16 

[Sir Rols]

I don’t often post on thus thread, but just came across a nice clip from the IOC’s channel - the Mexico City 68 closing ceremony

 

[Bear]

Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics:

The ceremony goes through with protocol first, with the artistic segment closing it out

[Ikarus360]

The most recent SEA Games opening ceremony was an example of "everything which could go wrong, went wrong."

They initially planned many months ago to hold it in the large park which is in front of the Royal Palace at Bangkok and wanted to imitate what Paris 2024 did. However, logistics, costs and security issues regarding the clashes with Cambodia at the border (which are getting worse as we speak) forced them just a few months before the start of the games to move everything to Rajamangala Stadium (venue of the 1998 Asian Games). The original team involved in the creation of the show was completely dismissed.

Add to that that apparently another staff was dismissed just days before the opening and the political crisis they're living atm due to yet again another Shinawatra government getting toppled (if i had a penny for every Shinawatra govt which ends in a hot mess....) and the result was this improvised hot mess.

A big contrast to Cambodia's show from two years ago (even if that one was heavily backed up by Chinese money)

 

[Ikarus360]

^^
The video doesn't show it much but there were many unconfortable long gaps, specially the one between the first artistic segment and the arrival of the king (which lasted 30 minutes 🤪)

Also a long chunk of the 2001 one in Kuala Lumpur (which you can tell was heavily based on the 1998 CWG one)

 

[BigVic]

On 12/12/2025 at 3:49 PM, Ikarus360 said:

The most recent SEA Games opening ceremony was an example of "everything which could go wrong, went wrong."

They initially planned many months ago to hold it in the large park which is in front of the Royal Palace at Bangkok and wanted to imitate what Paris 2024 did. However, logistics, costs and security issues regarding the clashes with Cambodia at the border (which are getting worse as we speak) forced them just a few months before the start of the games to move everything to Rajamangala Stadium (venue of the 1998 Asian Games). The original team involved in the creation of the show was completely dismissed.

Add to that that apparently another staff was dismissed just days before the opening and the political crisis they're living atm due to yet again another Shinawatra government getting toppled (if i had a penny for every Shinawatra govt which ends in a hot mess....) and the result was this improvised hot mess.

A big contrast to Cambodia's show from two years ago (even if that one was heavily backed up by Chinese money)

 

What a disaster with the move from and outdoor ceremony to a stadium ceremony. 

[BigVic]

Entire 4-hour Opening Ceremony of the KL 1998 Commonwealth Games as broadcast by Nine's Wide World of Sports 
 

English-language broadcast of the Lillehammer 1994 Opening Ceremony also from Nine. Note Phil Liggett was wearing a CBS blazer talking to Ken Sutcliffe and Liz Hayes 

[BigVic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYlCGQ628gE

2:12:11 RIP Catherine O'Hara 

[BigVic]

On 12/12/2025 at 3:55 PM, Ikarus360 said:

^^
The video doesn't show it much but there were many unconfortable long gaps, specially the one between the first artistic segment and the arrival of the king (which lasted 30 minutes 🤪)

Also a long chunk of the 2001 one in Kuala Lumpur (which you can tell was heavily based on the 1998 CWG one)

 

Sadly those games were overshadowed by 9/11 which was 3 days later. I posted the full KL 1998 CWG Opening Ceremony from Australia's Nine WWOS 

[BigVic]

Another rare find: The full 1998 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony in Malaysia held in September of that year 

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15th PRC National Games
Opening

Closing

 

[Brekkie Boy]

Rare footage of the Lake Placid Opening Ceremony - usually missing from the caukdron compilationvideos but here in it's full "electrical and mechanical" glory.