De Olympische spelen van 1928 . The Olympic Games 1928

Amsterdam hosted the Olympic Games from May 17 to August 12, made possible thanks to public support as the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmine was against the event, considering it a "demonstration of paganism". For the first time the Olympic flame lit up the stadium night and day but Quee...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Perel, Jules
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Dutch
Published: Netherlands Filmmuseum 2008
Netherlands
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:f42cd629-e454-42b9-892f-dfb9b7a84c9b
_version_ 1771404966058000387
author2 Perel, Jules
author_facet Perel, Jules
collection OSA Film Library
dateSpan 2008
description Amsterdam hosted the Olympic Games from May 17 to August 12, made possible thanks to public support as the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmine was against the event, considering it a "demonstration of paganism". For the first time the Olympic flame lit up the stadium night and day but Queen Wilhelmine refused to attend the opening ceremony. The 9th Olympiad in Amsterdam was noted not only for the appearance of the olympic flame, but for the appearance of women in athletics events (100m, 800m, 4x100m relay, the high jump and the discus) - despite recommendations to the contrary by Baron de Coubertin. Germany returned to Olympic competition at the 1928 Games, which featured the debut of the Olympic flame. Approximately 3,000 athletes (including nearly 300 women), representing 46 countries, participated in the Olympics.
genre libraryUnit
geographic Netherlands
id bulk_A3362293-E985-49D4-BB9F-477FB7A7DFDE
institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language Dutch
publishDate 2008
publisher Netherlands Filmmuseum
Netherlands
spellingShingle De Olympische spelen van 1928 . The Olympic Games 1928
[Documentary film]
title De Olympische spelen van 1928 . The Olympic Games 1928
topic [Documentary film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:f42cd629-e454-42b9-892f-dfb9b7a84c9b