560K views · 6.5K reactions | Get ready for the 2021 Olympics by diving into the history of the games. | National Geographic | Facebook

3.6K views · 165 reactions | 65 years ago #OnThisDay 22 November 1956, the Summer Olympics commenced in Melbourne. In two hours of supreme spectacle, an MCG crowd of 103,000 watched 314 Australians march into the arena, heard the Duke of Edinburgh declare the 1956 Olympic Games open and saw athlete Ron Clarke light the cauldron. | I Grew Up in Mortdale 2223 | Facebook

Celebrate tonight's opening ceremony with this home movie footage of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics from the ACMI Collection. Subscribe to the ACMI Collection YouTube channel for more home movies. https://acmi.me/acmicollectionchannel | ACMI

19 reactions | The 1956 Melbourne Olympic's was the first to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the first Australian event to be covered extensively on radio and television. #NFSAOnline #SoundsofAustralia #Olympics #Melbourne https://bit.ly/32Hyj6f | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | Facebook

Incredible footage of the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Opening Ceremony, which took place #OnThisDay, 62 years ago! #ThrowbackThursday | Australian Olympic Team