1936 Olympics: gymnastics

Identifier
irn1002927
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3097
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Italian
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Leni Riefenstahl (Director)
  • Stella Tobis (Producer)
  • Herbert Windt (Music)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 3: Opening shot of a woman jumping over the horse in Women's Gymnastics competition. Other events include: balance beam and parallel bars). Men's Gymnastics events include floor exercises, horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. Alois Hudec of Czechoslovakia is first on the flying rings, Konrad Frey of Germany wins on the parallel bars, Aleksantevi Saarvale of Finland is first on the horizontal bar.

Note(s)

  • Produced in Germany. Seized Enemy Records.

Subjects

  • ATHLETES
  • STADIUMS
  • CEREMONIES
  • GERMANY
  • WOMEN
  • SPORTS/GAMES
  • RIEFENSTAHL, LENI
  • OLYMPICS (BERLIN 1936)

Places

  • Berlin, Germany

Genre

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