How would most Americans have followed the Berlin Olympics in 1936?

Question

I was doing some research and not sure how most Americans would have followed the Berlin olympics. First, I assumed radio but wasn't so sure. I'm thinking just the newspaper but thought I may be able to throw the question out there and see if anyone knows more about it than I do. Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't think by radio live, because of the time difference, and plenty of other material to be broadcast. But certainly by newspaper articles cabled in by reporters, newspaper photographs also sent by cable, and cinema newsreel footage delivered by aeroplane.

Even the London Olympics in 1948 did not get much live radio coverage, just the main results in the regular news bulletins. The newspapers did most of it, but the cinema newsreels made me feel almost as though I was there, with Fanny Blankers-Koen the "Flying Dutchwoman" and all the rest. It must have been like that for Americans in 1936 being able to watch their own Jesse Owens in medal-winning action, just a day or two after the events.

Answer 2

The newspaper and film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, a favorite of Hitler, was commissioned by the International Olympic Committee to film the Games. The film, titled Olympia, originated many of the techniques now commonplace to the filming of sports. Clips would have been shown on the newsreels played before the movie being featured at the local cinema, too.


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Answer 3

Most Americans in 1936 wouldn't have been able to give two farts to the western wind about the Berlin Olympics, they were too busy trying to survive the great depression. If any of them "followed" it, they would generally have had to do so by about three months after the events were already over, and only in letters from relatives overseas and the occasional generally exaggerated snippets to be carried to them through the corrupted and fallable journalistic processes of the time.

Answer 4

Radio and newspaper

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Newsreels and shortwave radio. Many radios had shortwave capabilities then (I've seen a few older models like that.)

Answer 7

Radio, newspapers, and newsreels in the theatres.

Answer 8

radio would be 13 hours or so different mostly it was followed by newspaper. how about that jesse owens?!? he won more gold medals than the "uber" german team combined!

Answer 9

HI FROM DAD I HEARD AMERICA HAD A BLACK RUNNER IN THE OLYMPICS JESSE OWEN EVEN HITLER WENT TO SEE A BLACK MAN RUNNING A RACE HISTORY IS HOW I KNOW THAT,,,WELL JESSE OWEN WON GOLD OR SILVER AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNEW THEY ALSO HAD FILM CLIPS OF HITLER GORMLESS HINDENBURG HOLOCAUSTS AMERICANS GOING INTO FRANCE GOOD QUESTION HOPE I HELP AND YOU KNOW BEFORE TELLAVISON OR TELLAPHONE OR TELLAGRAPH THERE WAS TELLAWOMAN THAT HOW Jesus GOT HIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD MARY HIS MOTHER MARY OF MAGDALEN ESTER EVE/AMEN BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH BIBLE BACK THEN THY ALSO HAD SCRIBES BEFORE 1936 TRY30A.D.

Answer 10

Any of the following:

Newspaper
Radio
Newsreels in the theaters.