The Olympic Stadium in the Olympiapark in Munich, Germany prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics. An athlete gives autographs to people. People walk about.
The Olympic Stadium in the Olympiapark in Munich, Germany prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics. Many visitors stroll about in the park, including families. People walk outside the Olympic Stadium. Sign on a building reads: "Eissportstadion, Oberwiesenfeld"(Ice sports stadium, upper meadow, field). Many views of people enjoying the weather, walking about the site. view of the Olympic tower surrounded by empty flag poles, as the sun begins to set.
View from inside a bus carrying military athletes (in civilian clothes) on a sightseeing visit to Wies Church (Wies 12, 86989 Steingaden, Germany) in Weilheim-Schongau, Germany. They are staying in Munich for the international military games of the Conseil International Du Sports Militaire (CISM) which are scheduled immediately before the regular 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Upon arrival at the Wies church grounds, the athletes stop at a souvenir stand on their way along the path to the church. They proceed to the church, itself, and enter as several other visitors are leaving. Another group of visitors, behind them, surrounds the souvenir stand. Inside the sanctuary, they admire the beautiful structure and decorations. Some sit in the pews. Closeup of American flag patch on sleeve of one man's warmup jacket (possibly a coach). Views of visitors and the church interior, including the altar and contents, and statuary in the church. Closeups of several persons viewing the sights. The organ decorated like the rest of the church, in a late Baroque (Rococo) style. A military officer in uniform, taking a photograph. More general views of the interior. The group is seen leaving the church and walking along the pathway past a meadow with flowers in it. They pass other visitors entering the grounds. Several stop to examine pottery souvenirs molded in shapes like those displayed in the church decorations. Several of the athletes stop in a café on the grounds.
Military athletes (in civilian clothes) sightseeing, during their time in Germany for the International Military Games of the Conceil International Du Sports Militaire. They board their bus after visiting Pilgrimage Church of Wies in Weilheim-Schongau, Germany. View out the bus window of typical Bavarian mountains and forests, as they speed along an autobahn. Camera focuses on several, singly, and in conversation with others. The road takes them in more rural areas of fields, farms, and woods, and eventually into a more built-up neighborhood of substantial traditional Bavarian homes, inns, hotels, and businesses.
Military athletes (in civilian clothes) sightseeing at Linderhof Palace, during their time in Germany for the International Military Games of the Conceil International Du Sports Militaire. They are assembled outside the Palace, on warm sunny day .A sign on the palace reads "English tours." View from a distance in the grounds shows beautiful woods and tall hedges of a formal garden surrounding a pond containing a gilded neptune fountain. Closeup of the fountain (not spraying). Statue of Venus and Cupid on a parapet. . View of the military athletes starting to move into the Palace, on the English-speaking tour. Other visitors strolling past a Neptune fountain with three horses in a semi-grotto on the grounds. Closeup of the fountain, with water flowing. The Golden Angel fountain in Western part of the Linderhof park.
A German military officer speaks from an outdoor podium at the start of the CISM (Conceil International Du Sports Militaire) International Military Games in Munich, Germany. Military officers from the participating nations stand alongside. Camera moves back showing a low building in background (with several spectators on the roof). A flag pole is on the lawn. a fairly narrow dirt path crosses the scene. Some athletes in red athletic uniforms stand near the building. All present are quiet and attentive during these opening remarks. The speaker steps from the podium and stands next to another officer. Technicial holding a microphone gets in the way of the camera as it focuses on a German uniformed military band playing on the edge of the lawn. Numerous balloons rise skyward, from behind the band, as musicians play. The band finishes and they all lower their instruments in unison, at a signal from the director
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