1936 Summer Olympics torch relay
The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following on from the reintroduction of the Olympic Flame at the 1928 Games. It pioneered the modern convention of moving the flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue. Leni Riefenstahl filmed the relay for the award-winning but controversial 1938 film Olympia.
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1936 Summer Olympics torch relay
The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following on from the reintroduction of the Olympic Flame at the 1928 Games. It pioneered the modern convention of moving the flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue. Leni Riefenstahl filmed the relay for the award-winning but controversial 1938 film Olympia.
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The 1936 Summer Olympics torch ...... ntroversial 1938 film Olympia.
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Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia , Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia , Germany
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1936-08-01
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Berlin, Germany
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1936-07-20
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The 1936 Summer Olympics torch ...... ntroversial 1938 film Olympia.
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1936 Summer Olympics torch relay
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