Montreal 1976 Olympics - Opening Ceremony Highlighhts
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2009
- The Games of the XXI Olympiad took place between July 17 and August 1, 1976.
The Opening Ceremony was held at the spectacular Montreal Olympic Stadium. 92 countries participated.
Following the idea of "Love", th flame was lit by a couple composed by Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson. - Sport
The Queen inaugurated the games in French !!!!!!!
Le français est la langue des Olympiades, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, initiateur des Olympiades de l'ère moderne. Don't you know that ?
@@capricornebete-a-cornes8671 non C'est parce qu'elle se trouvait à Montréal ella a honoré la langue officielle du Québec. En plus elle a appris le français dans son enfance.
@@nabilinho8936 Ça n'a rien à voir avec la langue officielle du Québec à l'époque. Si vous suivez les cérémonies d'ouverture des Olympiades dans quelque pays hôtes que ce soit, le français est en usage, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, fondateur des jeux olympiques modernes. Effectivement, Élizabeth II parle aussi français et a des connaisances d'autres langues, tels l'allemand, l'italien, l'espagnol, entre autres.
@@capricornebete-a-cornes8671 Vas-y on arrête à Tokyo s'était en japonais et à Munich c'était en allemand
@@capricornebete-a-cornes8671 Sa Majesté l’a inauguré ici en français pour honorer le peuple Québecois :)
They used to play this version of "O Canada" in the mornings at my high school...despite the sounds quality, still my favourite arrangement...much more dramatic.
It was very considerate of Her Majesty to speak in french
The Queen and Prince Charles always speak in French when on official duties in Canada as it is tradition for all top government officials in Canada to make statements and speeches bilingually. I don't think her grandchildren can speak French though.
I would hope if china hosts olympics in southern provinces i hope that their provincial languages would be honoured the same way French is recognized in quebec, catalan in catalonia, welsh in wales, gaelic in scotland, etc. Whether sardinian, occitan provencal, bavarian , etc should get such treatment is up for discussion. If just accents or local mutually intelligible versions of the main language no, if educated people do not speak the national tongue then yes the principal provincial language, not necessarily the local village language should be recognized. .
Prince William spoke perfect French in Québec City a couple years back.
I believe it has something to do with Montreal being in Quebec, a mostly-French speaking area of Canada. But yes, it was beautiful.
She was probably thinking about her safety. If she didn't speak in French in Montreal, she would have insulted a lot of people.
Although I am Australian, but the version of, 'O Canada' at Montreal was fantastic and intense!
I hope they play this similar score at the 2010 Vancouver Games!
Montréal was seriously one of the most kick ass cities in the world from the late 60s through the 1970s. Then the bills came arrived...
I was born when this took place
Beautiful... absolutely magnificent! Makes me proud to be Québecois!
Even though I'm not Canadian, I was almost crying after listening to this anthem! This version is so beautiful!
@Roodosutaa The Queen learned French whilst a youngster. As Canada is pat of her dominion, and she has made numerous visits to this bilingual country, she has delivered many speeches in both English and French, or a combination of both.
Le français est la langue des Olympiades, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, initiateur des Olympiades de l'ère moderne. Don't you know that ?
Thank you!! I was one of the singers and will never forget these moents, but it sure helps to have the reminder on video!
0:15 The music of my freedom!
From an Aussie, I really hope that Canada bids for 2024! Its time to bring back the Olympics to this country that I love!
LA, Paris, Budapest and Rome are the final four competing.
Rome's bid seems to be in serious trouble at the moment.
@@J_131 Paris est l'hôte des Olympiades 2024
visited the stadium just yday and it's crazily huge, loved it. I'm back in Toronto just now.
Love that Matrix display, I bet in 1976 that was the most expensive item in the stadium.
This was my facourite olympic stadium it was soo nice for the time it was built and the one after it wasn't even better I really liked the tall thing at the side of it but that was only half built when they did the olympics
The very recording of "O Canada" performed at the opening ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics had been used for more than 20 years afterward by the CBC for its television sign-on and sign-off.
I still have an original vinyl copy of the 1976 Olympics soundtrack album.
Wow for that National Anthem.The violins are awesome towards the end,gave me shivers.
Like her daughter, Princess Anne was in equestrian as well :)
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: WITH GLOWING HEARTS. Can't wait... I'm from the Philippines, a country that has hardly participated in the Winter Olympics. Hopefully Vancouver's will be as good as this and Calgary's!
I was in Canada in 1976, but in Ottawa!!!
Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Games of the XXI Olympiad
@96horseluvr Yes, you're right. I remember that moment well. The flag bearer that year was the young woman sprinter/hurdler who's coach was killed in Munich. Their flag had 11 black ribbons on it.
1896 Athens, 1900 Paris, 1904 St. Louis, 1908 London, 1912 Stockholm, 1916 Berlin canceled for World War I. 1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris, 1928, Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin, 1940 Tokyo, and 1944 London has been canceled from World War II. 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal.
.... Min faster och mann min farbror och fru......... Var. På plats här här... 😢... Rip sirkkaa ja aulis savvola....... 😢
@SkeeterVT I wish they played this version of the anthem during the Vancouver Olympics. Extremely riveting and emotional to listen to! It's a shame we didn't hear it in Montreal. :(
I noticed that the athletes in the Parade of Nations were dressed in suits. I like that. Now it's a contest to see who can be the most creative.
@Roodosutaa Oui Sa Majesté La Reine peut parler le français. Yes, HM the Queen speaks French. She is not only the Queen of UK, but also of Canada, which is a bilingual country. The host city being Montréal in Québec which is French-speaking, she opened the Games by delivering a message in French is thoughtful and considerate, as French is one of the two official languages of IOC and throughout Québec there is a history of anti-British sentiments and French is the official language of Québec.
Le français est la langue des Olympiades, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, initiateur des Olympiades de l'ère moderne. Don't you know that ?
Thanks for the vid. Nice touch by HM to open the Games in French
The Queen was quite sexy speaking French 💞
Montréal la magnifique
People don't realize the importance of these games and where they where being held after what happened during the previous Munich 72 horror.
we need a full version (Trying to find my dad)
If the music for Vancouver is half as good as the music was for Montreal, the ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympics will be impressive indeed.
@gjaylen5 A great version. So good that CBC played it for years at the end the the TV programming (Englisg and French network)
@gillybean37 canada is offically bilugal nation english and french are their official languages....
The queen first opened the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and she speaks in French to the people of Canada and again in 2012 in London and she speaks her native English language.
What some people forget is that the Royal Family prior to 1700 was mostly of French origin not German.
During the wars of 1763 the British nobles wrote each other in French
@nosuchpersonvideo Munich 1972 had mariacchis, children dancing to "Sumer is icumen in" with flowers, and a poem read with weird psychadelic music. Also, it had VERY catchy parade of nations music.
@SkeeterVT Me too. A gem !
i was there today and got great time
........ 😢Medlidande peace on earth now humanity
bread and plays for the masses -
Yup
Je me Souviens .... merci
Des plus brillants expoits!!!!!
exploits
I have VHS tapes of 1980,1984,1988,1992,1996,2000,2004,2008 opening & closing ceremonies. It would be too long & difficult to up-load all these!
RIP Queen Elizabeth II of England.
0:01-0:07 BREAKING NEWS SOUND... JULY 17 1976-2020...FRIDAY IN BOTH CASES ..44 YEARS AGO...THE XXIst. EDITION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES WAS OPENED...
Nossa Rainha Elizabeth novinha
@TheTzdope It was the only Games ever when the country presenting them didn't win a gold medal, you're right. But the anthem was played as well at the closing ceremonies for ("these poor bastards" [sic] )
El traje de Beauxbatons en la delegación francesa 😮
@VWatch07 Agreed !
there was more class those good old days
The stadium looks great with that open roof! They should open it more often! Oh wait...
IF they get baseball back, I hope they will open in permanently and reinstall grass.
The roof was financed by a cigarette tax. When it was finished, the Stade became non-smoking.
@yvoe9 good point
@ThePalmetadon That was during the closing ceremonies.
The music's catchy.
Hei Rural, there are Canadians in Montreal who don't know how many provinces and territories are in Canada..
somebody should put out recording of the infamous naked man dancing around disturbing dance performance
@tamtran0208 I have the whole opening and closing of 76, a long long search !
je ne me souviens pas... lol... I wasn't born yet at that time...
Quienes eran los boxeadores de Colombia en esos juegos olímpicos de Montreal.
Did they do all the theatrical 3 hour presentation before the athletes entered?
@wl03bu: They no longer do that at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. :D
@rigaudien You could just split the video up into multiple parts and then upload the clips one by one.
There was no such thing back then. It sort of started in 1980, and then it really took off in the 1984 opening.
back then why does the olympic cauldron have to be so small? no one can see it
Is this the standard version of the National Anthem, or do I only recognize it because it's become so popular?
@rossstuart100 Please upload the Parade of Nations of 1980!
What I find strange about the olympic stadium nowadays is that you can still see the East German flag flying high among the other flags, yet the Soviet flag is nowhere to be seen.
Que elegancia la de Francia
RIP Queen Elizabeth.
@gjaylen5 I do. Closing as well.
The tower wasn't complete build at this time!
the stadium looked alot better before they got rid of the seats where the scoreboard is. They should also take the roof off so maybe they could use it for something again. It serves no purpose as an indoor stadium. No roof would make it better for concerts too
how come this doesn't show israel walking in? i think that their entrance is kinda important...
"Pigeons?" I believe the thousands of birds released shortly before the 5:55 mark in this video were *doves*, announcer guy - you know, symbols of world peace. :-)
people wore colorful pant suits and bell bottoms back in the day lol
Unfortunately not: 3 hrs !!!
Pity that O Canada wasn't heard at a medals ceremony, but what a great summer that was, Big Owe and all!
And neither was 'Advance Australia Fair'. I remember watching in school as we saw the 1500m world record holder Stephen Holland get a bronze in swimming. (Worse still, we had to hear 'God Defend New Zealand' as we got silver in the men's hockey!😬) This was what led to the foundation of the Australian Institute of Sport.
Didn't this opening have a ballet of some sort??
@rossstuart100 Could you just do 1988?? That would be fine. :)
@joman66 That's how it was abbreviated in French.
What a difference a roof would have made.
Not really. The Olympics are supposed to be performed in open air. The roof was for the future use of the stade.
@Killed8Times South Africa was not in the Games.
when did they stop having the flag handover ceremony at the opening?
At the closing of Los Angeles. They passed it on to Seoul then.
but they are two African nations they are cote d Ivoire and Senegal in the 1976 summer games
2:33 KOREA :-)
@aereo1973
Québec libre mon ami !!! :-)
Canada was still a British colony at that time?
No, but she had a separate title as Queen of Canada, which is why she opened the games as Canada's head of state. This is the same situation with Australia, New Zealand, and a few other Commonwealth nations, and continues with Charles as the King of Canada in addition to his other titles.
badi ekrem o yaz oradaydı !
He said l`URSS and after the USSR,the name was in french for all nations on the billboard.
Le français est la langue des Olympiades, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, initiateur des Olympiades de l'ère moderne. Don't you know that ?
Union des Républiques soviétiques socialistes
Enlighten me, please.
08:30...CUBA!!!!! CUBA!!!!! CUBA!!!!!
Montreal was left with over $1 Billion in debt that took them 30 years to pay off.
Il faut toujours qu'il y en ait qui trouve le moyen de chialer
You think that's bad, Sochi spend 50 billion and who know what will happen to Brazil. And don't even mention poor Athens.
Not to mention the constant problems and repairs to Olympic Stadium to this day.
Brazil goverment will corrupt after this Olympic
but unlike Montreal at least Rio got its venues done on time.
What is Brazil?
Lucas Vitoriano exactly
Too bad the olympic stadium wasn't finished at the time. The tower wasn't there just a construciton crane.
@gillybean37 and montreal is a french city roughly 90% of the people there speak french =D
Ce n'est pas pour plaire au Québec que la reine Élizabeth II a inauguré les Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade. Le français est la langue des Olympiades, selon la volonté de Pierre de Coubertin, initiateur des Olympiades de l'ère moderne. Don't you know that ?
i hate to say this, but why is the ceremony so bland? Did it become artistic beginning with Moscow 1980???
Out of curiousity, I was wondering if the French-speaking part of Canada sing the anthem in their language? Or do they sing it in English?
We sing the anthem in french. Its a little different.
O canada was first a french canadian song
O Canada !
Terre de nos aïeux
Ton front est ceint
de fleurons glorieux
Car ton bras sait
porter l'épée
Il sait porter la croix
Ton histoire est une
épopée
Des plus brillants exploits
Et ta valeur,
de foi trempée,
[Protégéra nos foyers et nos droits] (2x)
I wonder where those pigeons went