This video showcases a rare World War II dynamo torch light used by French soldiers. Constructed from aluminum, the torch's mechanism was initially non-functional, requiring disassembly and repairs.

BILLINGS — The first torch lighter for the Big Sky State Games will be at Opening Ceremonies Friday, July 18, at the Lockwood ...

Greg Louganis Collection and Paris 2024 Gold Medal Lead Olympic Memorabilia Sale. Several historic items from several ...

Jean spent her entire career in admin positions in elementary, middle, and high schools in the Waynesboro Area School ...

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Opinion Paris overturned the Olympics’ Nazi traditions. L.A. 2028 can follow its example. The Nazis used the 1936 Games as a propaganda tool. Paris upended that history.

The acquisition of 45 authentic Olympic torches has boosted Ripley’s collection to 116 and has brought the company to within one torch of owning a complete set — a representative of every ...

History of the Olympic Torch The modern tradition of the Olympic torch began with the Berlin 1936 Games.

Though the Olympic torch is inspired by the Games' ancient Greece prototype, it was first used in modern form at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. From that time forward, the object has been ...

What is the Olympic torch? The Olympic torch — specifically, the Olympic flame — is perhaps one of the most sacred traditions of the Olympic Games. It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics ...

And so, in the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Olympics, curiosity has once again risen on the history of the Olympic torch and its meaning to the Summer Games.