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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1956 I&E (Information and Education) Office of the Armed Forces sports reel mostly looks at the performance of the US team at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. It highlights how many members of the armed forces participate in the Olympics and names their rank while they are competing. It looks at all men and women’s Olympic events, but mainly covers the events in which US athletes win medals. This includes events like the 100 m dash, high hurdles, and discus, where US athletes take Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. 0:06 an I&E Film Sports reel 214 Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, 0:38 “The 1956 Olympics”, 0:46 a jet bringing in the Olympic Flame, 1:00 journey of the Olympic Flame from Cairns to Melbourne starts, 1:41 Olympic street decorations in Melbourne, 2:01 the Olympic Flame arrives, 2:11 the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, 2:39 the Duke of Edinburgh arrives, 2:47 parade of athletes begins, 3:41 Olympic Flag is raised and doves are released, 3:58 Olympic Flame enters the stadium carried by Ron Clark, 4:50 10k meter run won by Vladimir Kuts of Russia, 5:24 high jumping won by Charles Dumas of USA, 5:55 start of the 50 km walk, 6:21 hammer throw won by Hal Connolly of USA; 6:55 women’s 100 m dash won by Betty Cuthbert of Australia, 7:21 Norman Read of New Zealand wins 50km walking race, 7:33 the high diving competition won by Mexico’s Juan Capilla, 8:26 100 m dash won by Bobby Joe Morrow of USA, 8:40 400m with the US taking Gold, Silver, and Bronze (Glenn Davis, Eddie Southern, and Marine Josh Culbreth), 9:10 women’s 100 m butterfly won by Shelley Mann, Nancy Ramey, and Mary Jane Sears of the USA win Gold, Silver, and Bronze, 9:52 pole vaulting competition, won by Bob Richards of USA, 10:36 shotput competition won Harry O’Brian of USA, 11:25 triple jump competition won by Ferreira de Silva of Brazil, 12:28 basketball finals between the US and USSR won by the US, 13:51 decathlon competition won by Milt Campbell of the US, 16:16 the 800 m run won by Tom Courtney of USA and breaking the world record, 17:03 discus competition with Al Oerter, Fortune Gordien, and Desmond Koch, of the US winning all medals, 17:44 high hurdles competition won by Lee Calhoun, Jack Davis, and Joe Shankle of USA winning all medals, 18:08 start of the marathon, 18:26 women’s shotput won by Tamara Tyshkevich of the USSR, 18:44 200 m dash won by Bobby Morrow, Andy Stanfield, and Thane Baker all of the US, 19:17 Alain Mimoun of France winning the marathon, 19:32 Single Skulls rowing event won by Vyacheslav Ivanov of the USSR, 19:58 “eight” rowing competition won by the US’ Yale team, 20:26 start of the cross country cycling race won by Ercole Baldini of Italy, 21:11 the 1600m relay won by the US team, 22:18 400 m relay in slow motion won by the US team who also set a new world record, 23:03 women’s diving competition won by Pat McCormick of the US, 23:36 weight lifting competition won by Paul Anderson of the US, 24:25 women and men’s gymnastics finals entirely dominated by the USSR in all disciplines, 24:52 start of the Pentathlon horse-riding event, 26:09 the US team wins the horse riding competition, 26:21 the fencing competition won by Hungary, 26:44 shooting competition won by Mexico, 27:16 freestyle swimming event won by Soviet team, 27:40 cross country run begins, 28:39 Soviet Team wins the run and the Pentathlon overall, 28:58 the closing ceremony, 29:35 the Olympic Oath appears on screen, 30:01 “The End” The 1956 Olympic Games were the first to be held in the southern hemisphere and the first to be held in Australia. The USSR won the most gold medals and the most medals overall. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
