The 1936 Berlin Olympics became the first Olympic Games carried on live television: using Telefunken equipment, the German Post Office transmitted more than seventy hours of black and white coverage to public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam, where more than 162,000 people in total followed the competitions on screens outside the stadium. Leni Riefenstahl's two part documentary Olympia, released in 1938, recorded the Games separately from the television transmission and pioneered techniques still used in sports cinematography today.
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Milestone Year WhenTelevision coverage ran during the Games themselves (1 to 16 August 1936), using Telefunken equipment operated by the German Post Office; sources describe the broadcast only within the Games' own dates, not a single premiere date. 1 LocationBerlin and Potsdam, Germany 1 FAQs
Could people watch the 1936 Olympic television broadcast at home?
No, viewers watched at public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam, not on home television sets.
The 1936 Berlin Olympics television broadcast was not viewed on home receivers. Using Telefunken equipment, the German Post Office transmitted more than seventy hours of black and white coverage to public viewing rooms set up in Berlin and Potsdam, where more than 162,000 people in total followed the competitions on screens outside the stadium.
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Wikimedia Foundation1936 Summer Olympics, Broadcasting and film section
Using Telefunken equipment, the German Post Office transmitted more than 70 hours of black-and-white coverage to public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam, where more than 162,000 people in all followed the competitions on screens outside the stadium.
1936 Summer Olympics, Broadcasting and film section, television date
Using Telefunken equipment, the German Post Office transmitted more than 70 hours of black-and-white coverage to public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam.
1936 Summer Olympics, Broadcasting and film section, viewing rooms
Using Telefunken equipment, the German Post Office transmitted more than 70 hours of black-and-white coverage to public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam, where more than 162,000 people in all followed the competitions on screens outside the stadium.
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