Olympics Opening Ceremony

Issue No.

68/84

Date Released

17 Oct 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue: 1 / 3
Summary: Thankfully a city of peace on Olympic opening day. Some 8,000 athletes and officials packed the centre of the arena as the Olympic Flag was escorted to the place where it would fly during the following two weeks. The Eternal Flame entered the vast stadium, the doves were released. All was well in Mexico, the city of 1968.
Locations: Mexico City
Footage sources: Polygoon
Length of story (in feet): 219
Story extras:: Film clip

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