1936 Olympics
I found the IOC's mammoth (and lavish) official report - big (75Mb or something) pdf here and part II here - into the 1936 Berlin Olympics fascinating - a very detailed guide into the whole logistics or organising such an event, and with 1930s technology. Some nice early pictures of Hitler and Dr Goebbels interspersed with wishy-washy Olymplic Boy Scout stuff, the aside that the committee, with their new gold chains, began proceedings by deciding Tokyo should the 1940 Olympics destination, and an interesting guide to how the Olympic Village operated, including different nation's culinary requests (the loyal Australians wanted 'English cusine' whilst the French and Italians wanted wine (although the latter heavily watered it down),and the problems of dealing with highly strung female athletes.All the rest are here if you're interested.
posted by Matthew @ 2/22/2008 11:24:00 PM
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