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  • Herald and Weekly Times archive of the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne [picture].
  • 1956. 434 negatives : acetate, b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm. and smaller.
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    Canadian basketball team in action, Exhibition Building, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  2.  
    Basketball game in progress between Brazil and Chile, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 30 November 1956 [picture].
     
  3.  
    The basketball court at the Exhibition Building showing the operation of the scoreboard, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 30 November 1956 [picture].
     
  4.  
    Unidentified boxer scoring a punch, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 27 November 1956 [picture].
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    Unidentified boxer scoring a punch, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 27 November 1956 [picture].
    1956. 1 negative : acetate, b&w ; 9.4 x 11.9 cm.
     
  5.  
    The Australian team marching in the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956, 1 [picture].
     
  6.  
    Teams from the USA, the USSR, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Australia assembled at the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  7.  
    The Australian team marching in the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956, 2 [picture].
     
  8.  
    The Finnish team marching in the opening ceremony, with, in the background, Greece, Afghanistan, Argentine, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, British Guiana, Bulgaria, Burma, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  9.  
    Women wearing high heeled shoes marching in the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  10.  
    The unlit cauldron and the arena taken from the 'crow's nest' at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  11.  
    Teams assembled at the opening ceremony, with the Australians last on the right, and the national flags in a semi-circle around the rostrum, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  12.  
    People crouched on the ground in front of the assembled US and Yugoslav teams attending to fainters, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  13.  
    Teams from Bermuda to Ethiopia assembled with the band behind them at the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  14.  
    The Austrian team marching in the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  15.  
    Unidentified team marching in the opening ceremony with teams from Afghanistan to Bulgaria assembled  behind it, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  16.  
    Release of doves at the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
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    Release of doves at the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
    1956. 1 negative : acetate, b&w ; 9.8 x 12.3 cm.
     
  17.  
    The Australian? team completing the circuit and marching out onto the arena at the opening ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 22 November 1956 [picture].
     
  18.  
    The scoreboard at the closing ceremony reading 'The 1956 Olympic race is run... ' and the last trolley carrying paraphernalia out of the arena, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 8 December 1956 [picture].
     
  19.  
    Australian sign and flag near the entrance to the arena, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 8 December 1956 [picture].
     
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    A lone man bearing the Jamaican flag marching in front of the Japanese sign bearer at the closing ceremony, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 8 December 1956 [picture].
     
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