A party on the Seine: Experiencing the Paris Olympics opening ceremony the Parisian way

Historic.feed on Instagram: "During the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, the lighting of the Olympic cauldron featured an iconic moment where the Olympic rings were also illuminated. ⁠ ⁠ After carrying the torch into the Coliseum and climbing a set of mechanical stairs, decathlete Rafer Johnson ignited a tube at the bottom of the cauldron. ⁠ ⁠ The flame then traveled along this tube, lighting up the five Olympic rings before continuing upwards to the cauldron, where it burned f

The Moment of History on Instagram: "On August 8, 2008, the opening ceremony of the 29th Summer Olympic Games was held at the National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) in Beijing, the capital of China. The Beijing Olympic opening ceremony lasted for three and a half hours, officially starting at 8 o’clock in the evening, and finally conducting the final torch lighting ceremony at 11:30pm (Beijing Time). The entire opening ceremony can be summarised as nine major highlights, namely the drum formation, airbo

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