Spectacle, Sport and Story: Picturing the 1936 Olympics
The University of Regina Archives & Special Collections participated in Archives Week 2010. For the event "From the Vault: Archives on the Big Screen", a short video was produced: Spectacle, Sport and Story: Picturing the 1936 Olympics presents stories from the 1936 Winter and Summer Olympics using materials from the Archives' holdings as well as other sources.
YouTube - Spectacle, Sport and Story: Picturing the 1936 Olympics
Archives Week 2010
Saskatchewan Archives Week 2010 is the 5th annual Archives Week held in Saskatchewan. Starting Monday, February 1 there are many events throughout the province. A complete calendar of events can be found on the website of the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists.
References
The text of the video was drawn from a number of references:
- Constable, George. 1996. The XI, XII & XIII Olympiads : Berlin 1936, St. Moritz 1948, Los Angeles: World Sport Research & Publications.
- Encyclopedia Britannica 1929 (14th ed.) Volume 24.
- Gilbert, Martin. (ed.) 1966. Recent History Atlas, 1870 to the Present Day, New York: The Macmillan Company.
- Holmes, Judith. 1971. Olympiad 1936: blaze of glory for Hitler's Reich, New York: Ballantine Books.
- Mandell, Richard D. 1971. The Nazi Olympics, New York: The Macmillan Company.
- Olympic.org. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Collection - Olympic.org [last accessed: 2010-02-01]
- Olympic.org. Berlin 1936 Collection - Olympic.org [last accessed: 2010-02-01]
- Schwartz, Larry. [nd] Owens pierced a myth [last accessed: 2010-02-01]
- Wikipedia. 1936 Summer Olympics [last accessed: 2010-02-02]
- Wikipedia. 1936 Winter Olympics [last accessed: 2010-02-02]
Production
The video was produced by University of Regina Archives & Special Collections Staff:
- Mark Vajčner, University Archivist
- Crista Bradley, Programming & Information Management Archivist
- Blair Fornwald, Archives Clerk
- Rachel Janzé, Archives Assistant - University Records
- Elizabeth Seitz, Archives Assistant - Private Records
- Donald Johnson, Library Digital Collections Administrator
Students:
- Laura Hebert
- Catherine Folnović
Trading cards digitization by:
- Paget Code
- Joanne Abrahamson
Special thanks to:
- Anne Ashton, Department of International Languages
- Ed Perry, Dr. John Archer Library
- Shelley Kessel, School of Journalism
The Video
The video covers 10 sports or classes of sports (1-10), and the opening and closing ceremonies (iii and iv). These are prefaced with information about the Winter Games held in Garmisch-PartenKirchen and the Summer games held in Berlin (i). As well, described are the core materials and inspiration for the video (ii), the "1936 Olympics trading cards" from the Theodore Allen Heinrich fonds 89-44. The video has a playing time of 8 minutes and 4 seconds (8:04).
The Video Sources
The following listing details each image or article, providing the time that the image appears, the index number for the image, and title and source of each image or article. The sources are divided into segments, with each segment title preceding the sources within the segment. For example, source 8 appears at 00:24 and is called "German Gun Salute, 1936 Winter Olympics". The original item is found as "University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds 89-44, 13-2833-4-113".
| i | Title & Context | |
| 00:01 | 1 | Opening Ceremonies University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Memorabilia, "Life" clippings, 89-44 |
| 00:06 | 2 | Map of Germany in 1919 Encyclopedia Britannica 1929 (14th ed.) Volume 24, pp. 36,37. |
| 00:08 | 3 | 1936 Olympics Garmisch-Partenkirchen Logo Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Collection - Olympic.org |
| 00:12 | 4 | 1936 Olympics Berlin Logo Berlin 1936 Collection - Olympic.org |
| 00:16 | 5 | Hitler to Open Olympic Games Regina Leader-Post, February 5, 1936 [c00] |
| 00:19 | 6 | Germany, Gold Medalists, Coxless Fours Rowing, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-3-100 (front) |
| 00:21 | 7 | Only Half-Nazi salute by Canadians in Berlin Regina Leader-Post, August 4, 1936 [a03] |
| 00:24 | 8 | German Gun Salute, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-113 (front) |
| 00:27 | 9 | Small Olympic Ski Jump, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-119 (front) |
| 00:30 | 10 | Ban News on Olympic Games Regina Leader-Post, August 5, 1936 [a07] |
| 00:32 | 11 | German Military Patrol Team in Action, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-122 (front) |
| 00:34 | 12 | 1936 Olympics Garmisch-Partenkirchen Poster Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Collection - Olympic.org |
| 00:39 | 13 | Ernest Udet in flight, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-143 (front) |
| 00:42 | 14 | Sonja Henie, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-131 (front) |
| 00:46 | 15 | Karl Schäfer and Etsuko Inada, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-135 (front) |
| 00:51 | 16 | Ivan Brown and Al Washbond, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-130 (front) |
| 00:55 | 17 | Ivar Ballangrud and Charles Mathiesen, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-144 (front) |
| 01:00 | 18 | 1936 Olympics Berlin Poster Berlin 1936 Collection - Olympic.org |
| 01:05 | 19 | 11th Olympics Open Today In Gay and Crowded Berlin New York Times, August 1, 1936 [f00] |
| 01:08 | 20 | Ampitheatre, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-44 (front) |
| 01:13 | 21 | Eugen Mack, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-48 (front) |
| 01:18 | 22 | Riefensthal, Leni Riefensthal University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Memorabilia, "Life" clippings, 89-44 |
| 01:23 | 23 | Erna Bürger, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-53 (front) |
| 01:28 | 24 | Earle Meadows (United States) and Shuhei Nishida (Japan), Pole Vault, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-20 (front) |
| 01:32 | 25 | Olympics Seen as Good Omen Regina Leader-Post, August 1, 1936 [a01] |
| 01:35 | 26 | Pole vault University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, 89-44 box 190 file 2653 |
| ii | 1936 Olympics trading cards | |
| 01:39 | 27 | hand holding a card, with others on the table University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, DSCF0526.JPG, 2009-12-22 |
| 01:42 | 28 | Karl Hein of Germany, Hammer Throw Gold Medalist, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-24 (front) |
| 01:46 | 29 | Karl Hein of Germany, Hammer Throw Gold Medalist, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-24 (back) |
| 01:49 | 30 | Theodore Allen Heinrich, front profile University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, 89-44 box 175 file 2284 |
| 01:55 | 31 | Theodore Allen Heinrich, Coleman photograph University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, 89-44 box 175 file 2283 |
| 02:00 | 32 | Theodore Allen Heinrich, "Looking at painting" University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, 89-44 box 188 file 2597 |
| 02:05 | 33 | Shelley Sweeney 'Among the Materials' University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, 98-11 |
| iii | Opening Ceremonies | |
| 02:14 | 34 | Opening Ceremonies University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Memorabilia, "Life" clippings, 89-44 clippings |
| 02:22 | 35 | "Awaiting the Gold Medal" Women's Singles Figure Skating, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-132 (front) |
| 02:27 | 36 | Winter Games come to Close Regina Leader-Post, February 17, 1936 [d13] |
| 02:32 | 37 | The Olympic Fire comes to Berlin New York Times, August 16, 1936, Picture Section 9 [h06] |
| 02:43 | 38 | Riefensthal, A Greek Runner University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Memorabilia, "Life" clippings, 89-44 clippings |
| 1 | Skiing | |
| 02:53 | 39 | Two competitors in the 4 x 10 km Cross Country Relay, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-124 (front) |
| 02:56 | 40 | Birger Ruud, 1936 Winter Olympics [left side image] University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-115 (front) |
| 02:56 | 41 | Oddbjorn Hagen, 1936 Winter Olympics [right side image] University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-118 (front) |
| 03:00 | 42 | Swedish Cross-Country Skiers, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-121 (front) |
| 03:03 | 43 | Willie Bogner, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-126 (front) |
| 03:06 | 44 | Kalle Jalkanen, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-125 (front) |
| 2 | Hockey | |
| 03:10 | 45 | Hockey Game, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-139 (front) |
| 03:13 | 46 | Ice Hockey Game, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-137 (front) |
| 03:15 | 47 | Hockey Fans Faint! Regina Leader-Post, February 12, 1936 [d02] |
| 03:17 | 48 | Canadian Ice Hockey Team, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-136 (front) |
| 03:19 | 49 | Tough on Canada Regina Leader-Post, February 14, 1936 [d10] |
| 03:21 | 50 | Gold Medalist Ice Hockey Team of Great Britain, 1936 Winter Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-4-141 (front) |
| 03:23 | 51 | England Captures First! Regina Leader-Post, February 17, 1936 [d12] |
| 3 | Field Hockey | |
| 03:26 | 52 | India, Gold Medalist in Field Hockey, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-80 (front) |
| 03:29 | 53 | India Too fast Regina Leader-Post, August 8, 1936 [a14] |
| 03:34 | 54 | Field Hockey Won by India Regina Leader-Post, August 15, 1936 [b07] |
| 03:37 | 55 | Portrait of Dhyan Chand, Field Hockey Player from India, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-77 (front) |
| 03:42 | 56 | Field Hockey Game Between India and Germany, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-79 (front) |
| 4 | Marathon | |
| 03:48 | 57 | Son Kitei, Marathon Gold Medalist from Japan, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-15 (front) |
| 03:57 | 58 | Japanese Expansion 1931-1942 Recent History Atlas, 1870 to the Present Day, New York: The Macmillan Company. p.52 |
| 04:02 | 59 | Kitei Son University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Memorabilia, "Life" clippings, 89-44 |
| 5 | Pentathlon | |
| 04:09 | 60 | Ludwig Stubbendorf, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-69 (front) |
| 04:11 | 61 | Unidentified Man in Shooting Event, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-35 (front) |
| 04:14 | 62 | German Winner of Pentathlon Regina Leader-Post, August 7, 1936 [a11] |
| 04:17 | 63 | Rudolf Lippert, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-70 (front) |
| 04:20 | 64 | Three Unidentified Men in Uniform, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-34 (front) |
| 04:23 | 65 | Kurt Hasse, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-71 (front) |
| 6 | Jesse Owens | |
| 04:26 | 66 | Finish of Men's 100 Metre Race, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-2 (front) |
| 04:30 | 67 | Jesse Owens Sets New World Record Toronto Globe, March 11, 1935 |
| 04:35 | 68 | Jesse Owens During 200 Metre Race, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-3 (front) |
| 04:39 | 69 | Invincible Owens Scores Third Win Toronto Globe, August 6, 1936 |
| 04:43 | 70 | 4 x 100 Metre Relay Gold Medalists from the United States, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-12 (front) |
| 7 | Cycling | |
| 04:47 | 71 | Anton "Toni" Merkens, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-62 (front) |
| 04:54 | 72 | Bycycle Men Start Events Regina Leader-Post, August 7, 1936 [a10] |
| 05:00 | 73 | Robert Charpentier, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-61 (front) |
| 8 | Basketball | |
| 05:07 | 74 | Cagers Wind Up Tourney Regina Leader-Post, August 15, 1936 [b06 (neg)] |
| 05:11 | 75 | Canada and United States Basketball Game, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-76 (front) |
| 05:19 | 76 | Cagers Wind Up Tourney Regina Leader-Post, August 15, 1936 [b06 (neg)] |
| 05:25 | 77 | Canada and United States Basketball Game, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-76 (front) |
| 9 | Swimming | |
| 05:33 | 78 | Start of Women's 100 Metre Freestyle Race, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-93 (front) |
| 05:36 | 79 | The Netherlands, Gold Medalists, Women's 4 x 100 Metre Freestyle Relay, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-94 (front) |
| 05:40 | 80 | Nida Senff, The Netherlands, Gold Medalist, Women's 100 Metre Backstroke, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-95 (front) |
| 05:43 | 81 | Germany, Silver Medalist, Water Polo, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-87 (front) |
| 05:47 | 82 | Japanese Show the Way In Olympic Swim Trials New York Times, August 8, 1936 [g01] |
| 05:49 | 83 | Noboru Terada of Japan and Jack Medica of the United States, Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle Race Medalists, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-83 (front) |
| 05:54 | 84 | Japan, Gold Medalist, Men's 4 x 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Race, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-86 (front) |
| 10 | Fencing | |
| 05:57 | 85 | Germany, Gold Medalists, Coxed Pairs Rowing, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-102 (front) |
| 06:01 | 86 | Unidentified German Male Runner, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-33 (front) |
| 06:06 | 87 | German Men's Fencing Team, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-55 (front) |
| 06:11 | 88 | Women's Fencing Medalists, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-56 (front) |
| 06:16 | 89 | Hungary Triumphs Regina Leader-Post, August 6, 1935 [a09] |
| iv | Closing Ceremonies | |
| 06:22 | 90 | German Men's Gymnastics Team, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-46 (front) |
| 06:27 | 91 | Germany Realized Hopes in Olympics New York Times, August 16, 1936 [h02] |
| 06:30 | 92 | German Women's Gymnastics Team, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-45 (front) |
| 06:36 | 93 | Four German Athletes, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-60 (front) |
| 06:39 | 94 | Marjorie Gestring, United States Gold Medalist, Women's 3 Metre Platform Diving, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-91 (front) |
| 06:43 | 95 | 4 x 100 Metre Relay Gold Medalists from the United States, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-12 (front) |
| 06:47 | 96 | Cornelius Johnson, High Jump Gold Medalist from the United States, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-17 (front) |
| 06:52 | 97 | Olympic Champions New York Times, August 9, 1936 [g03] |
| 06:57 | 98 | History made at Olympics Regina Leader-Post, August 17, 1936 [b09] |
| 06:59 | 99 | Matthias Volz, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 13-2833-2-52 (front) |
| 07:03 | 100 | Women's 80 Metre Hurdle Race, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-1-27 (front) |
| 07:08 | 101 | Visitors to Olympics Carrying Away Highly favorable Impression of Reich New York Times, August 16, 1936 [h01 (edited)] |
| 07:10 | 102 | Marshall Wayne, United States Gold Medalist, Men's 10 Metre Platform Diving, 1936 Berlin Olympics University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, Theodore Allen Heinrich Fonds, 2833-3-90 (front) |
| 07:15 | 103 | The Greatest Atheletes of the World Open the Eleventh Olympic Games New York Times, August 16, 1936 [h05] |
| v | Credits | |
| 07:23 | 104 | hand holding a card (back), with others on the table University of Regina Archives & Special Collections, DSCF0527.JPG, 2009-12-22 |
| 08:03 | (end) |
Last Revision: 2010-Oct-27