Opening of 1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane (Australia) Part 1 HD

[SaintTony1968]

Sunnybank High School Is In The Top Right hand Corner Of The Australian Flag All In Blue Tracksuits all those kids are Now 42 , 43 , 44 Years old ...

[stonewickison]

Ahh the memories!.. I was luck enough to go to the full dress rehearsal with my family because my brother was one of the kids wearing the red tracksuit! Can't believe that was so long ago. I think he had some sort of coloured placard or something that I remember holding onto for years afterwards too.

[kawasaki2948]

was Peter Bourke in these games?

[wkmitchell]

Brings back a few memories :)

Great to hear the theme song as well, I was wondering if I would ever hear it again.

Cheers!

[salar2]

Thanks Pudsey. I was competitor from IOM - wonderful 3 weeks, wonderful people,  and special hello to Diane,

[1969tkemp]

I can't believe it was 1982, when I was so proud to wear the blue tracksuit and not forgetting the free red rooster.

[pugsley2005]

Yeas I remember we kids having lunch down in the rehearsal track, meeting Rolf Harris. But we all tucked into BIG Rooster - a Queensland takeaway icon.

[kawasaki2948]

@1969tkemp omg! were you one of those kids? thats so cool!

[riderfanszmul]

that stadium at the start is commonwealth stadium in edmonton!!!!!! The home of the evil Edmonton Eskimos!!!

[piperjsl]

Neet, I was a competitor from Scotland, never seen any film of the opening before.

[jarred160788]

My dad was one of the volunteers at these Games (or so he says).

[rdky]

I think I was wrong. The "Welcome" sign was at the LA Olympics of 1984. I wonder if the Flags of the World of 1984 idea came from this display of the Australian Flag???

[Hmsheen10]

yes but all of the sign stuff was admitedly copied from the 1980 Moscow Games

[rdky]

Did they spell out the word "WELCOME" at the Opening Ceremony here????

[rdky]

Ric Birch was the director for the Opening Ceremony for Brisbane 1982. He must have been inspired by the Moscow Olympics 2 years earlier.

Even the song of the games "You came here to win" sounded Russian.

[margaretdb]

People may not want to admit it, but the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the thing that MADE Brisbane. From there we held EXPO 88 which brought Brisbane into the 20th century.

We have not looked back.

[tonyvan67]

Thanks for the effort. Finally after 26 years I get to see this! We had no video recorder then. I am the blond kid to the left of

Rolf Harris with the dirty pants... Right at the end of video part 2!! Who is for a reunion??

[pugsley2005]

Thanks -- I was hoping that a reunion of some sort would have been staged - 25 year anniversary - in 2007, at QEII. I for one would have gone along - as this day was a very special one in my life.

[fuckinqueenslander]

My parents recorded that same footage in 1982. It was 7 years before I was born, but still, I've seen it a couple of times. I'm sure that there'd be a lot of people throughout Brisbane that would still have a recording of that footage.

[jpww1979]

I was in Manchester for the 2002 games I live there.

[Bundynelle]

Thank you so much for posting this. For so long I've been searching high & low for footage of this Ceremony! Why? I am one of those 6000 school children. On that day I was 13yo, wore a tight blue tracksuit and was a blue banner holder under the big star under the Union Jack on the flag!

Thank you so much for posting this. If you know where I can get any 1982 C'wealth Games Opening Ceremony footage, please let me know! (Something to show the grandkids!) THANK YOU!

[pugsley2005]

I too was one of the school kids so proud to have joined this special event. Great to hear you have such good memories of the opening ceremony including Rolf, Matilda and Tracey Wickham leading the Australian team.

[tonyvan67]

Thanks champ! if you have any more footage, please let me know! Tony

[pugsley2005]

more posted tony.....enjoy part 3

[tonyvan67]

Thanks again. Forever in digital memory.

[WorldExpo88]

Great video and theme song.

Thats history now in the making.

[ikarus366]

Pretty awesome, must have been a proud day for aussies, specially for those at Brisbane who lived that moment. Hey can you please put some more of this event when you have time (do you have the part where the giant kangaroo enters and winks to Prince Philip?)

[kuttsywood]

That is one moment that every one of those school kids (who would have families of their own now) could look back and smile at and say, "I am proud of my hometown" Whether you were in that stadium that day or at home watching on the ABC, going down to South Brisbane to see the marathon or to go to Manly for the 30km walk, Brisbane really showed itself off to the world in 1982. We would do it again six years later with World Expo 88, this time on a larger scale.