Der Sieger im Zehnkampf - Glenn Morris - USA - Stellte mit 1900 Punkten einen neuen Weltrekord auf – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Der Sieger im Zehnkampf - Glenn Morris - USA - Stellte mit 1900 Punkten einen neuen Weltrekord auf
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This photograph shows Glenn Morris of the United States, the winner of the decathlon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The caption card describes him as setting a new world record, though the point total it gives looks like a transcription error, since Morris's score was well above the figure printed there. The image comes from *XI Olympiade, Berlin 1936*, an album of photographs by Leni Riefenstahl, who was also directing the official film of the Games. The decathlon, a two-day contest of ten track and field events, was one of the most closely watched competitions in Berlin, and Riefenstahl's stills capture the athletes' concentration and physical form.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Leni Riefenstahl. This record contains unverified data from caption card. In album: XI Olympiade, Berlin 1936 / Leni Riefenstahl. Berlin: 1936. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151534 |
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