Video: '1936 Berlin Olympics Opening Ceremony'

(Saturday, August 1, 1936, 4:00 p.m. CET/11:00 a.m. EDT) — Chancellor Adolf Hitler officially opened the 1936 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad) this afternoon at the Berlin Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, marking the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history.

Competition would continue through Aug. 16, 1936.

Video: 'Highlights of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games In Berlin, Nazi Germany.'