Today marks the anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. 🏅 Throwback to the lighting of the Olympic cauldron by 19-year-old Ron Clarke. 🔥 This clip is from the ‘Olympic Postscript', made by the Postmaster General's Department. Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/2V0qsQg NAA: C4189, 1334655; NAA: A7135, 05/23A. | National Archives of Australia

16K views · 417 reactions | Looking back to the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne  where the gymnastics duel between Larisa Latynina and Agnes Keleti concluded #OnThisDay #artistic #gymnastics | European Gymnastics | Facebook

14 reactions | 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 | Facebook

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

2M views · 1.7K shares | Strength of Olympic champions 56 years apart. Melbourne 1956 – London 2012 #tbt #weightlifting | Olympics | Facebook