I was 31 and watching it live in L.A. and I get goosebumps every time I see this.
@pepperonihead
28 күн бұрын
Even with the bad quality of video I got the chills seeing this. There has never ever been a more epic Olympic Opening Ceremony!
@loquita999
16 жыл бұрын
and to think I was there! I was in the choir! Rafer Johnson ran right by me! :)
@davidpar2
12 жыл бұрын
this was my favorite ligting of any of the games. and my favorite closing ceremony, for that matter
@exoplanet11
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Rafer Johnson. Thanks for what you did.
@joylindadichamounix
2 ай бұрын
Philip Glass' music while Rafer runs up the stairs is chilling. I am proud that my neck of the woods will be having our third Olympics!
@bengativo6
14 жыл бұрын
i have great memories of 1984 i was just seven years old,i remember we stayed in chinatown when it was a colorful area ,at night my grandpa took us for a walk behind the buildings of downtown you could see the olympic flame ,great memories,that will always live forever.
@brysanna
16 жыл бұрын
That cauldron was acually the original from the 1932 games held in that same stadium. I thought it was pretty cool.
@gwarn1
9 ай бұрын
Now that I'm older I'm in awe of a guy climbing that steep ass staircase with no railing
@paddydoublems
16 жыл бұрын
I remember that year he torch went through where I was living in New Mexico. As it came through, we cheered on the runner to welcome him. What a great moment that was for me. I remember it like yesterday.
@DevilbunnyinTx
16 жыл бұрын
To bad this wasnt done at night, would have been so much more dramatic. Philip Glass' music fit perfectly!
@denny906
16 жыл бұрын
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics will always be remembered for Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Mary Decker, Zola Budd, joan Benoit, Mary Lou Retton. Did I miss anyone else?
@cindyirene2001
16 жыл бұрын
I have seen the cauldron used for these games in person.. It is quite lovely. :)
@johnbehneman1546
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! SO INSPIRATIONAL!!!
@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam
15 жыл бұрын
These Olympics were conducted with dignity AND they turned a PROFIT!
@SubaruB4RSK
16 жыл бұрын
wow brings back memories.. I was born in 1984 and my parents took pictures of me after this event was over.
@BoeingRules
15 жыл бұрын
This is back in the days when Olympic opening ceremonies are held at daylight, the first evening opening ceremony was held in 1992 Barcelona. The cauldron is part of history, so they can't change it.
@learo05
14 жыл бұрын
My favorite cauldron lighting ceremony.
@BoeingRules
15 жыл бұрын
Well this is before the night ceremonies which started in Bacelona. The reason why the Opening Ceremonies were held in the afternoon because it symbolizes a new frontier when the sun sets.
@Phoglight
12 жыл бұрын
Hey Gromitdog1, Rafer Johnson was my childhood hero. He was the master of the decathalon and he and CK Yang ruled the world of the "greatest athletes" that are the decathalon athletes. He could handle a few stairs with ease.
@jscott1000
12 жыл бұрын
I remember this like it was yesterday. I was never so proud to be an American as when Rafer Johnson lit the torch
@thephenomenon20
17 жыл бұрын
Sydney 2000 were great. Great Venues, Great atmosphere, Great Organisation. Great Weather.
@turquoismama33
23 сағат бұрын
@thephenomenon20 (the phenomenon of 2020) That was 24 years ago and your comment.....17 years old.....wow...YT is still awesome...
@texsportpub
14 жыл бұрын
The Winter Games were in Sarajevo. The Summer Games were in LA!
@turquoismama33
23 сағат бұрын
I just watched the vid on the torch lighting in Marseille, France........I am on the edge of my seat to see what things will look like tomorrow in Paris at the opening ceremony......go big or go home I say....we certainly went big in 1984.....will France step up to the plate and hit a home run????????
@apodino
14 жыл бұрын
Barcelona was in 1992. And the Albertville winter olympics were the first Opening Cermony done at night.
@HeadlessEye
16 жыл бұрын
The 88 ceremonies were held in the day.
@jeanetteschock4744
3 жыл бұрын
God bless rafer
@ispaht
16 жыл бұрын
I think it's cool how the fire burns slowly through the Olympic rings.
@superdavela1
15 жыл бұрын
Tradition. They were also done in daytime up untiil Barcelona in 1996...Plus in 1984 it had to do with ABC-TV: They wanted to maximize prime time ratings for the evening on the East Coast... Opening Ceremonies started at 4:30PM Pacific (7:30PM Eastern)
@RaginRonic
15 жыл бұрын
I know one thing....you'd not catch me going up those hydraulic stairs...I'd just fall over the side after slipping, given my clutzy nature. :P
@KingRanchDan559
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Rafer Johnson
@perpixel
15 жыл бұрын
Music by Philip Glass «Lightning of the torch»
@boNeBaNiUm
16 жыл бұрын
i agree totally!
@gridley
16 жыл бұрын
It's actually more appropriate from a symbolic standpoint to hold an Olympics opening before evening hours, since sunlight represents a new day, the beginning of something. Now with all ceremonies of every Olympics since 1992 held during the nightime, they all become one big blur, fireworks at both the opening and closing, totally dependent on artificial lighting, and stadiums full of shadows here and there.
@SoCalAdventurer19
6 жыл бұрын
We are doing it again. L.A. will be hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics ! L.A. is going for the gold.
@SpaceGangsters
8 жыл бұрын
Hell of a climb
@MDkid1
16 жыл бұрын
aww...the year i was born, and this video was added on my birthday :S..how weird!
@LinksNRinks30
16 жыл бұрын
The Summer Olympics didn't start having night opening ceremonies until 1992
@supersporkspank
14 жыл бұрын
@kamwrites Yes, John Williams wrote his "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" for the L.A. Olympics, but it's the media who treat this work as if it were an official Olympic "theme". The IOC's official Olympic theme is Spyridon Samaras' "Olympic Hymn", originally written for the 1896 Athens Olympics. This is what you hear whenever the Olympic flag is raised.
@kinered
17 жыл бұрын
!YES, we want Rocket man in youtube!, the real hero.
@Dannymac82
16 жыл бұрын
That must have been alot of fun
@Kenikex
16 жыл бұрын
It was too historic to change. They thought about making an elaborate calderum, but that one you see was the same used for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in the same Colisuem, same exact one. It would have been a sacriledge to knock it down and build something aweful like the Atlanta 96 tower of terror.
@EvanC0912
16 жыл бұрын
i agree
@HoYanJian
16 жыл бұрын
"the cauldron looks like a chimney from a industrial plant where smok comes out.... lol" You are right senoirb211
@user-highbluejasonb
4 жыл бұрын
really impressive dot graphic
@geraDce
16 жыл бұрын
yeah
@pakkmann
16 жыл бұрын
Agreed... I'm assuming they did the day lighting for east coast viewing.
@aidsgz
17 жыл бұрын
can someone get a vid of the rest of the opening ceremony on here?
@kamwrites
15 жыл бұрын
Isn't this the games that gave us the Olympic theme that we now consider the "official" theme? I mean regardless of the "official themes" they use from game to game. I'm talking the John Williams classic one here.
@richardcogbill6791
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. It is the Los Angeles Olympic Theme composed by John Williams. That single iconic theme is a legacy the L.A. Games has given to the Olympics for decades to come.
@julius923
16 жыл бұрын
I second that motion. It would have looked great to see the rings ignite on fire at night time. They should have come up with some kind of time killer to prolong the lighting.
@stegatops
14 жыл бұрын
After the disaster in Montreal in 1976, LA was very careful to keep the budget in check. After all, the Olympics come and go, but the debt can go on for decades. They acheived this by using stadiums that had already been built, rather than building new ones from the ground up. A far cry from Montreal, which blew out to 4 billion and was only paid off in 2008.....32 years after the event was held! It was nick-named "The Big Owe". For the last 26 years it hasnt even had a tenant.
@bethelyoda
12 жыл бұрын
Low resolution makes poor Johnson look like he's got a skidmark :)
@Kythos
14 жыл бұрын
This actually would look very good and among the best if it were in the night time. Just imagine.
@Kythos
5 жыл бұрын
9 years later, I am back. It will finally happen in the 2028 Olympics! Don't mind waiting for another 9 years.
@JoseT1212
15 жыл бұрын
o this lighting would have been better if this was in the night. But still am amazing lighting
@Sotigris
15 жыл бұрын
It seems we have the same taste :)
@joshyboy1983
12 жыл бұрын
L.A. Should try to bid for the next Olympics & get Spielberg to do the opening Ceremonies.
@SoCalAdventurer19
6 жыл бұрын
Joshua Broughm L.A. was awarded the 2028 Summer Olympics just last week.
@J_131
6 жыл бұрын
Disney, Universal, Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures are going to work together to stage the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Holy fucking shit. It will be legendary.
@steezoid101
12 жыл бұрын
I went to electric daisy carnival there :)
@Clayton240183
16 жыл бұрын
First time I've seen this. Pretty cool with the rings. Not sure what kind of symbol setting alight the olympic rings is tho lol...
@Jerseydogs
16 жыл бұрын
Those stairs he climbed looked pretty steep.
@hwyfan
16 жыл бұрын
Rafer Johnson runs up the stairs to a tune by minimalist composer Philip Glass. :-)
@dchang11
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Phelps - LA2028
@fourthgirl
16 жыл бұрын
I remember this opening. Sucked because it was not held at night. Guess Reagan had to be in bed by 7:00pm. The the "Cauldron" looks like a factory smokestack. Athens looked like a giant blunt being lit. Sydney took too long. Atlanta, the structure the cauldron was on looked like a building under construction.
@seamus1956
7 жыл бұрын
Fourthgirl The cauldron was the same one used for the 1932 Olympics.
@mikenealon4042
2 жыл бұрын
LA'32 LA'84 LA'28
@fireworks990
16 жыл бұрын
definately has to b at night. i guess they started doing it at night in the 90s
@LordDavid04
17 жыл бұрын
Indeed, if you look at the official reports of the Moscow 1980 Olympics, organizers state that they spent over 800 million Rubles, making a revenue of around 700 million Rubles, losing about 100 million Rubles, so had it not been for the boycott, they may have generated a profit. Which is why Los Angeles came in in 1984, to save the Olympics.
@wlhardy
15 жыл бұрын
You can see Rafer's jockstrap!
@gridley
16 жыл бұрын
Yep. And then there's the schlocky, conveyer-belt gizmo of Sydney (not to mention its distracting, cornball waterfall in the background), or the skinny 3-pipes column directly under the cauldron of Barcelona, which was sitting outside the frame of the stadium like a last-minute add-on, or the super tacky torch of Atlanta, or the torch of Seoul stuck on a corner of the infield, which had to be lit by 3 people standing on a goofus elevator attached to its column.
@ohedd
15 жыл бұрын
why daytime?
@bengaljam
17 жыл бұрын
I think the last olympics showed that the Greeks simply have no pride in the olympics anymore. Even the television studios could not hide the fact that the venues were usually half full. My friend bought a ticket for the final gymnastics team competitions for $5 from a scalper. Unreal. USA needs to save the olympic games again.
@supersporkspank
14 жыл бұрын
@pathbleue Well, both Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 were significantly marred by Cold War boycotts, and I tend to mentally lump these two Olympics together.
@seamus1956
7 жыл бұрын
supersporkspank I actually think 1984 was a terrific Olympics in spite of the boycott and actually led to the thawing of the Cold War. First, the People's Republic of China participated for the first time in 34 years, and secondly the Nations of Romania and Yugoslavia had enough courage to defy the Soviet boycott. Just 5 years later the Berlin Wall was coming down.
@Kenikex
10 жыл бұрын
"frontier" "old rich people". It's about time zones people, here in the west we have to cater to the east in big live events. Plus one of you is right, in the summer the sun doesn't go down util like 8pm here in California, that would be an 11pm in the east, loss of viewership.
@HeadlessEye
16 жыл бұрын
They had to cater to East Coast audiences...that's why the ceremonies were held in the day. Opening ceremonies should always be held at night, methinks.
@Gromitdog1
14 жыл бұрын
wholy christ those are some steep stairs! Good thing he didn't fall.
@chefalefadingdong
16 жыл бұрын
The U.S. kicked EVERYONE'S ass in 84!!! Of course the Soviets weren't there, but HEY....we ROCKED!
@cloverfield911
16 жыл бұрын
How did America get the opening so right that year and so wrong in 1996?
@Kenikex
6 жыл бұрын
The Olympics are awarded to cities, not countries. It is the talent and work of that city, LA just knows how to do this, 1932 and 1984 and now 2028.
@SweetSista
16 жыл бұрын
this would have looked much cooler if it was dark.
@alexmilne966
Жыл бұрын
dancing on thin ice
@bromidedrag
16 жыл бұрын
Wow... how did they get the sky in LA so blue? Only kidding LA :P
@LautaroGutierrezArbiza
16 жыл бұрын
is ronald reagan alive?
@Sotigris
16 жыл бұрын
The cauldron looks like a big chimney
@sapphiretaurus
12 жыл бұрын
How were they ugly? You're expecting some splashy show with dancing and singing? This was just the torch-lighting. Opening ceremonies during that time were more simple. They didn't have the technology to do the kind of show Beijing did - 24 years later.
@J_131
6 жыл бұрын
2028 LA will have a chance to out-do Beijing.
@Runescapehelperism
12 жыл бұрын
I lol'd.
@stuartlaing4488
6 жыл бұрын
NEXT TIME THE GAMES ARE INLA I AM SURE THAT PHELPS WILL LIGHT THE CAULDRON.
@J_131
6 жыл бұрын
My best guesses for the 2028 Olympic Cauldron at Los Angeles Venus and Serena Williams Michael Phelps Kobe Bryant
@zivapalmer5775
6 жыл бұрын
Jenner
@Tukann
16 жыл бұрын
by burning the olmpic rings??? im not sure what kinda message that sends. if it was an american flag that got lit up what would people think?
@icarusAB
16 жыл бұрын
sure... and the cold war was amazing.... yeah babe...
@irish89055
12 жыл бұрын
wrong stupid... that is the original torch from the 1932 Olympics and had been there for 52 years as the stadium was used.. never relighted until this moment..
@aric2007
17 жыл бұрын
But LA had no rival cities, right?
@richardcogbill6791
3 жыл бұрын
Yup. No cities wanted to host after the terrorist incident in Munich and the huge debt the the Montreal Games left with Canada. L.A. got the games nearly by forfeit and turned the model on it's head and made a profit with no city debt. The 84 L.A. Games literally saved the Olympic movement and more cities lined up to host for the next 40 years. A lot of them failed financially. Once again the Olympic movement is dying and all but two cities dropped out of competing to host. Hopefully , Paris and L.A. in 2024and 2028 will do what they can to save the Olympic games for the future. I read that both cities are working together to make each of their games successful. The Paris IOC is getting some tips from the L.A. IOC on how to make their games financially successful with incurring tax payer debt. The city of Paris is just beautiful and will just be a great place by itself to have the games.
@hotintheheights
16 жыл бұрын
LMAO !!!
@sakusia
16 жыл бұрын
Yeah no kidding Atlanta was dreadful looked like a Mcdonald's french fry carton that's what i called it anyways. Los Angeles 1984 was probably the best American attempt at hosting the Olympic Games. I also thought Sydney 2000 was a pretty good one. Even though im from Athens, Greece i don't think 2004 was that great, maybe it was the times.
@mikek74
17 жыл бұрын
never again olympic games in USA!!!
@Tukann
16 жыл бұрын
not doing so well this year
@mindspring57
10 жыл бұрын
Back in the stone age, they did everything in the daytime, because they only wanted rich people to be able to see it. If you were not the idle rich, or someone who able to take off from work to see it in person, they did not want you to have the convenience of being able to see it on television. Baseball and football used to be the same way. Home games were not televised, because it was thought that might cut into ticket sales.
@kylemcguire20
10 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? The Olympics have been televised since 1948. The Olympic Games always take place during the daytime in the host city. You're out of your mind. The "idle rich," what are you talking about?
@mindspring57
10 жыл бұрын
I am talking about the World Series, for which there were no night games until the 1970's.
@iragoldstein4991
10 жыл бұрын
What a load of phooey. As I recall the opening ceremonies were late afternoon or early evening. In Los Angeles in July it doesn't get dark until nearly 8 PM. In the 1970s by the way, a lot of people still listened to games on radio, especially if they were at work. You really think that networks would forgo advertising revenue and MLB money for broadcast rights for a larger night audience just for some class warfare?
@zaney120
5 жыл бұрын
OJ lol
@TheArtsyTuber
16 жыл бұрын
No. He died in 2006 from Alzheimer
@derossetmyers47
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'm here because of AHS1984! Now shut up!
@mylesag2
15 жыл бұрын
Stupid comment as always. Regardless of what you say, Reagan still "opened' the Games. Next inconsequential comment, please.
@stegatops
14 жыл бұрын
Not bad..............but boy does it look basic compared to the spread they put on nowadays!
@Gromitdog1
13 жыл бұрын
Who knew 8 short years later blacks would follow in his footsteps and set fire to much of the other parts of LA.
@J_131
6 жыл бұрын
Who knew 7 years later the LAPD would brutally beat a man on TV then be acquitted of any wrong doing.
@alexafloyd
16 жыл бұрын
so weird...
@metsedudenj
11 жыл бұрын
It didnt, we got so much free food in the Mcdonalds play to win cards who cared?
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