Video: INNSBRUCK 1964 (Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron)

(Wednesday, January 29, 1964) — The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, opened today in Innsbruck, Austria. The Games, which continued through Feb. 9, 1964, included 1,091 athletes from 36 nations.

Video: 'Innsbruck 1964'