1984 LA Opening Ceremonies - Lighting of the Cauldron
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how ugly all american olimpics have been bad
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this was my favorite ligting of any of the games. and my favorite closing ceremony, for that matter
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Atlanta was child's play compared to LA for the Olympics
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Rafer Johnson lit a "wick" of sorts at the top of the archway after having climbed a big flight of steps. The flame flared up a pipe, through the Olympic Rings and on up the side of the tower to ignite the cauldron.
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Who knew 8 short years later blacks would follow in his footsteps and set fire to much of the other parts of LA.
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@Gromitdog1 his arse would flap clinbing down those steep stairs !
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Get the gun, Rafer.
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i have great memories of 1984 i was just seven years old,i remember we stayed in chinatown when it was a colorful area ,at night my grandpa took us for a walk behind the buildings of downtown you could see the olympic flame ,great memories,that will always live forever.
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@kamwrites Yes, John Williams wrote his "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" for the L.A. Olympics, but it's the media who treat this work as if it were an official Olympic "theme". The IOC's official Olympic theme is Spyridon Samaras' "Olympic Hymn", originally written for the 1896 Athens Olympics. This is what you hear whenever the Olympic flag is raised.
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@pathbleue Well, both Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 were significantly marred by Cold War boycotts, and I tend to mentally lump these two Olympics together.
This actually would look very good and among the best if it were in the night time. Just imagine.
Kythos 2 years ago 11
wholy christ those are some steep stairs! Good thing he didn't fall.
Gromitdog1 1 year ago 10