With only two years notice the London organisers managed to stage one of the most memorable Olympic Games of the modern era.
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The second games in London - just after the war. The 'austerity games'
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I spent Friday and Saturday at the Greenwich Heritage Centre in Woolwich helping Emergency Exit Arts with an 'immersive learning experience' for children on the 1948 Olympics. It was a lovely thing. They set up a radio ... Delete the scoop?
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Olympic buzz takes off: London welcomes the flameThe Associated PressBritons were even more committed to the flame before the last London Olympics in 1948, when the torch was actually run in a relay from the site of ancient Olympia in Greece. Delete the scoop?
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New York PostUltimate guide to the 2012 London OlympicsNew York PostThe Olympics have come to London before — twice in fact, in 1908 and 1948. The 2012 Olympics will welcome more than 10000 athletes from over 200 countries. Delete the scoop?
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The National Archives holds a range of records on the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games and Cultural Olympiad, from 1896 to the present. Delete the scoop?
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BBC NewsSomerton woman recalls last Olympic Torch visit in 1948This is SomersetPhyllis Hunt, 79, said it was wonderful to see the flame again, 64 years after she saw it pass through Chard ahead of the 1948 Olympics.
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Sunday Leader1948 Olympic Games torch for sale at Shropshire auctionshropshirestar.comAn official bearer's torch from the 1948 London Olympics will be auctioned off in Shropshire the day after its modern equivalent returns to the county after being...
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The first postwar Olympics, by Stan Greenberg... Delete the scoop?
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It was a momentous year. In 1948, the last time Britain hosted the Olympics, Polo, the mint with the hole, made its debut; Albert, the first chimp astronaut, blasted into space and Velcro was invented. Delete the scoop?
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One vest, one pair of shorts, a travel pass and some photos - 1948 Olympic basketball player Lionel Price shows Channel 4 News his games memorabilia and says playing in those days "was no big deal". Delete the scoop?
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When the Olympics arrive in London seven years from now, they will be unrecognisable from those which took place in and around the old Wembley Stadium in 1948. Like the capital itself, the Games - for good or ill - have been transformed. Delete the scoop?
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London 1948 Olympic Games video highlights, photos, results, gold medals, medalists,athletes, schedule, news and greatest moments. Delete the scoop?
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The men's 100m at the 1948 London Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Harrison Dillard in 10.3 seconds. Here is some amateur footage of the event, there is no commentary and you don't get to see the end of the ... Delete the scoop?
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Daily MailOAR-SOME! Doctor Who's Matt Smith on making his new 1948 Olympic rowing ...Daily MailBert And Dickie tells the extraordinary story of how, only six weeks before the 1948 London Games, Bushnell, a champion single sculler, was reluctantly... Delete the scoop?
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Guinn Smith survived the London rains to win pole vault in 1948Sacramento BeeCopyright 2012 Contra Costa Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Delete the scoop?
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Boston.comOlympics return to a London that's worlds different from 1948Boston HeraldLONDON - In 1948, London was a broken city barely crawling out of the Second World War. The Blitz had reduced whole neighborhoods to rubble. Delete the scoop?
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1948 torch cheered on at schoolThis is SomersetWookey Primary School children cheered as they watched the lighting of an original 1948 Olympic Torch on Monday.
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Going for gold in 1948 OlympicsThis is GrimsbyOn the run: Tom White, who represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games at Wembley, in 1948 and Helsinki in 1952.
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A vintage clip of the 1948 Olympics in London. Includes footage from the Sprint and Cycling events.
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With only two years notice the London organisers managed to stage one of the most memorable Olympic Games of the modern era.
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A HURDLER from the 1948 Olympics squad has seen her grandson become one of the first to compete in the London 2012 stadium.Frances Mann, now 85, just missed out on running in the games, held shortly... Delete the scoop?
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Now that Britain has passed the 100-day milestone until London hosts the 2012 Olympics, discussion of this great international sporting event will doubtless get ever more fevered. Delete the scoop?
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Despite the air of shabbiness, London 1948 was considered a remarkable success – and made a profit of almost £30,000... Delete the scoop?
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Title:1948 Olympics. Programmes, documents and images of the 1948 Olympics. Delete the scoop?
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