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The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo City, Japan, and later rescheduled for 20 July to 4 August 1940, in Helsinki, Finland following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
Germany has hosted three Olympic Games, in 1936 both the Winter and Summer Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In addition, Germany had been selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics as well as the 1940 Winter Olympics, both of which had to be cancelled due to World Wars. After these wars, Germany was banned from participating in the 1920 ...
Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin during the Nazi period. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1.
Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist.He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Runge's biggest success was his gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He also won three medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships (silver in 1934 and 1937 and bronze in 1939). In addition to that, he is an eight-time German amateur champion (1935–1939, 1941–1943), as well as two-time runner-up to Hein ten Hoff in 1940 ...
1940: Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt "Of the little tree which wished for different leaves" 7 min: Short cartoon: Hubert Schonger: Heinz Tischmeyer: 1940: Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940: Battle for Norway - 1940 Campaign: 81 min: Documentary film: Martin Rikli Werner Buhre: Never screened. Assumed lost until copy resurfaced ...
The Olympic Games in Paris, 1924: 1924 Jean de Rovéra [14] 9 Amsterdam 1928: The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928: 1928 Wilhelm Prager, Jules Perel [14] The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam: 1928 Istituto Luce: 10 Los Angeles 1932: 1932 Olympic Games: 1932 Pathé News [16] Fox Movietone News #92-95 1932 Edmund Reek [17] Hearst Metrotone News #290-293 ...
1940 Olympics refers to both: The 1940 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Sapporo, Japan before being relocated to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but were cancelled due to World War II; The 1940 Summer Olympics, which were originally to be held in Tokyo, Japan before being relocated to Helsinki, Finland, but were cancelled ...