1936 Olympic rowing by Riefenstahl

[@jonathanpearman1052]

Just read the book, which had me in tears towards the end in its utterly engaging description of the race. One of the best sporting books I've ever read, if not the best.

[@wisaininmanee]

because of that book i am here.

[@BrianEdwardCollins]

Me too. The book is a must-read. I read it because my son is trying out for his H.S. freshman crew team.

[@POSLifeline1]

wisai ninmanee Me as well. A GREAT read! The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

[@jockellis]

+Brian Collins tell us, please, how he does.

[@BrianEdwardCollins]

jockellis, he made the team, and he did very well. He rowed in no.2 seat on the freshman 8+ boat. They finished first in their first five regattas. 2nd at Stoatsbury in Philly. Only disappointment was at nationals, one kid was ill and they didn't qualify for finals. His team (Montclair, NJ H.S.) is a public H.S. team and is very strong, matches up well with the deep-pocketed private schools

[@im_actually_cool3970]

Mein Kampf?

[@hartnurnberg2096]

I just finished the book. I started bawling when it mentioned that Joe and Roger would call each other and just sit in silence for each other's company after everyone else has died.

[@dhruvjadhav1828]

Hart Nurnberg bruh, I’m literally 20 pages from finishing the book and I’ve seen this😕

[@danielbaer8924]

Dhruv Jadhav Well than 😂

[@pmasmuth]

I'm almost done with the book. Can you imagine the bond these boys have made with each other? And their coach. Great book !!! Looking forward to the movie in Dec.

[@KBay84]

Just finished the book today, and same...damned onion cutting ninjas got me....

[@EvolvingLivingBeing]

seriosuly

[@gopher3737]

Boys in the Boat! Amazing book

[@kevt5564]

@Marcus Justiniani Why not?

[@remmymafia3889]

Just finished the book. Al Ulbrickson the American coach, had argued vehemently a good week before the heats began, that the six lane format was almost a death knell for the teams that would draw lanes five and six, due to more exposure to the natural wind direction. As such, four lanes should only be used. He was unsuccessful in his lament, and not surprisingly, when the medal race lanes were announced, the US received lane six, while the host nation Germany secured the coveted one spot. Despite this handicap and a missed start, the US boat, with their stroke oar (Don Hume) in a semi-comatose state due to illness, managed to edge out Axis powers Italy and Germany, and win the gold medal.

[@Gpacharlie]

God’s way of warning Germany. They didn’t listen.

[@bethanygrace6134]

The fact that those boys were random working class collage kids....this is why I'm proud to be american

[@tomleurquin5680]

This was a propaganda movie. Riefenstahl was in charge of propaganda movie production for Hitler and excelled at her job. Read "The Boys in the Boat" for a full story regarding the UW story of winning the gold. The portrayal of the gold medal race is fabulous.

[@robincollum4411]

I just finished that book, it's wonderful!

[@diebereitschaft8963]

Show me contemporary press articles that marked this film as propaganda.

[@Kangakool]

I teared up because it was so exciting in the book

[@smooshiebear80]

@@diebereitschaft8963You won’t find any, probably, because by the the Nazi party controlled all press in Germany and the German government went out of its way to show the world the side of Germany it wanted to be seen. We can verify it being propaganda based on the fact that both Goebbels and Hitler himself were heavily involved in the planning of the film.

[@professorwiggins3290]

Olympia is a work of art. It has never been surpassed as a documentary of a sporting event. My film professor showed it back in art school. If it's propaganda, then any film of any sports event is propaganda.

[@mimi_ragsdale9745]

Just finished The Boys in the Boat this morning. Like so many others I came here to see the footage. Absolutely amazing story about some amazing men of character! Wow!!

[@suegilsdorf1108]

Listen to Bobby Moch's voice, " Push! Pull! Push! Pull!" In the book I read he had such baritone strength for a small kid. And he does! Glad Reifenstahl could film part of it the next day to mimic the Olympics. In reality, the crowd was so loud that the boys could not hear him.... Moch thought quickly and started beating the boat so they could feel the vibrations.

[@katysestay7796]

Sue Gilsdorf Amazing story! We've come a long way from strapping megaphones to coxswains' heads. All hi tech now w/ computers and go-pros!

[@sarahhobbs2748]

Pocock reinforced the coxswain’s seat. Something that most shell builders didn’t do. In any other boat, Mock would have put a hole in the side hitting on it

[@smooshiebear80]

I found that totally amazing when I read the book. Seems like he was an incredibly quick thinker. He’s one of my favorite characters. I can’t imagine how he must have felt reading his father’s letter right before leaving. Finding out his father hid from everyone that they were Jewish so they could have a better life (in America!) must have been gut wrenching. Wish there were more interviews of these guys.

[@josephelden4573]

I am almost ashamed, as someone who rowed in the late '60s and early '70s that I didn't know this story until the American Experience Documentary last year. We all grew up with the amazing story of the accomplishments of Jesse Owens from that Olympics. While the doc is great, Mr. Brown's book was so well written that you can actually visualize the history with every paragraph.

[@ricksindars4810]

You may have not known about the story until much later than your rowing experiences because all Joe Rantz's rowing medals, etc., was buried in their attic and wasn't discovered until Joe Rantz health was failing him and his daughter Judy Willman which is my cousin found them and started asking her father about his experience regarding the 1936 Olympics. Joe Rantz was a modest man and he'd never mentioned the experience to his children. My cousin Joyce Simdars was married to Joe Rantz. Daniel James Brown's property is next door to my cousin Judy Willman's that is how they met and she told Daniel Brown that her father had a story that he may be interest in after she had found his medals in the attic.

[@smooshiebear80]

Also, the media did not cover this story nearly as much as Jesse Owens. It got somewhat buried. In addition, the local papers went on strike at that same time and so did not publish anything about it.

[@deweydame]

I just finished the book and had to search for Riefenstahl's films. The Washington boys were in lane 6, and not shown much. That stands to reason considering why the filming was done. Amazing book, if you haven't read it yet!

[@AhimsaPorterSumchaiMD]

I completed Boys In the Boat. Most profound book I have ever read. I am an indoor rower on the Concept 2. Britain and USA were heavily handicapped not only by the lane assignments but Don Hume the stroke was suffering from pneumonia and during the race may have passed out from anoxia. Also note the signal to start deliberately favored the Germans and Italians who were assigned lanes 1 and 2...the lanes least hindered by side winds.

[@lakehalbentata5392]

jch

[@k8schmate]

and with the most handicaps, USA still won...hehehe

[@MikeRoberts1964]

Indoor 'rowing' and being on the water are very different things....Conditions never change inside...It's good training for outdoor rowing, but that's all it will ever be...

[@AhimsaPorterSumchaiMD]

Indoor rowing is the best form of aerobic exercise!

[@jimjr4432]

Dear Dr. Sumchai, MD. I agree, but to row on water is sublime! Jim Dick, Jr.

[@seanwaddell2659]

3:22 ... "Oh there's America way over there" ... LOL

[@yeebrotherhood9101]

You can just hear them Deutschland! Deutschland! What an amazing race. Husky Clipper, best in the world.

[@Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater]

Recommend downloading Riefenstahl’s 2 part coverage of these games (the rowing is late in part 2) in HD - the original films were magnificently done and crystal clear. It’s in some ways better than watching the Olympics today - just the action!

[@worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147]

The greatest photographer

[@Michael_McMaster]

3:18 Dang, that stroke rate at the end

[@markhbeardsley5102]

I played it a couple times thinking it was an optical illusion. They were outside themselves, reaching for something extra... My coach used to tell us to give it 110% and I thought it was BS. But those guys WERE giving it 110%.

[@rowhsv]

If the film is being run at its normal speed, I count 53 strokes per minute!!! In a 8+, at the end of a 2000m race!!! Unbelievable!!!

[@garretthanson6424]

@@rowhsv the book said they were doing 55 😮

[@rebeccaclinemeservy]

Wow, it really was a wall of sound!

[@PaddleDogC5]

Little did they know what lay ahead.

[@johnsloat9683]

How in the H... did she get this kind of footage when movie cameras weighed 100 lbs? This is a match for any go-pro footage today!

[@44dubuque]

+John Sloat read "the boys in the boat" excellent book about this story

[@thomasburns858]

She shot close ups of the cox and stroke the next day and spliced that footage into the race film.

[@jonkatzmd]

Wow,, thanks for your prompt repose. Do you remember a boat that they rowed called " City of Seattle"? Thanks, Jon

[@rhetts9138]

Joe rantz at 4:08

[@danielarigutini1641]

✌🚣‍♂️bellissime Immagini 🇮🇹🤗🚣‍♂️

[@julesUK2007]

There's Joe!

[@ricksindars4810]

My cousin Joyce Simdars was married to Joe Rantz.

[@sauniwood7575]

FANTASTIC STORY IN BOOK AND VIDEOQ

[@CorsetGrace]

In the diving part the splashes look huge compared to modern divers.

[@ianmarcusdriscoll]

Hello Have you got 1936 Olympic Canoeing Sprint Film? thank from Deaf-Canoe Ian

[@salek1]

I'm reading the book now (love it). Can someone clarify which boat is the American's? I think it's the far one on the screen but am not sure ....

[@Ecle888015]

Yes, they should have been on the near side as best qualifier, but it was changed and they got the least favourable draw. I just listened to the audio book and the description of this race was amazing.

[@redfanrod]

@@Ecle888015 Just finished the audio book with family on road trip to 5 national parks in Utah. Edward Hermann has a great voice as narrator and kept us riveted as the story unfolded. Those boys had amazing stories and all were successful in life following their days on the "Husky Clipper."

[@mannymarotta]

Who came here because of BitB show yourselves

[@shaalanali4359]

Coming from Netflix: the boys in the boat

[@nookz2629]

2:50 which team was that?

[@kevt5564]

I believe it was the Americans, you should read a book called The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown, this book talked all about there way to the olympics, I highly recommend it.

[@smooshiebear80]

It switches as 2:51 to Bobby Moch (the U.S. coxswain). Not sure which stroke it’s focused on at 2:50, but it’s not Don Hume of the USA. He is shown immediately after Moch.

[@smooshiebear80]

The guys wearing the white bandanas at 2:50 are the Italians.

[@JK-br1mu]

3:12 America wins. Hail Victory!

[@keshavkesuu]

lenie riefenstahl is the ever film maker in the world. i her bigest fan from now. may her soul leave in peace

[@ChuckSlaughterCGJC]

Riefenstahl was a Nazi propagandist. She also produced and directed the 1935 Nazi propaganda film of Hitler at Nuremberg called Triumph of the Will which portrayed Hitler as the new leader of Germany who would return Germany as a world power. She had a lot to do with helping Hitler take the world to war and the Nazis murdering millions of people. I doubt seriously that Riefenstahl's soul is "resting" in peace.

[@tgorski52]

So whatever became of Germany? From the music and film stock, it sure seems like a cool place.

[@jonkatzmd]

What was the name of the US boat?

[@jenpilates2]

Jon Katz Husky Clipper I believe

[@Psyplusgaming]

Jon Katz Husky Clipper

[@keifer38consulting]

The question remains.. what happened to the poor german rowers who lost? Hitler would not have liked his arayan race losing..

[@andrewwickward9649]

the 3:00 event was straight out of the propaganda movie olympia

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

The entire video is from that film

[@CGScammell]

The event shown at around 3:00 looks straight out of a propaganda movie. Too bad the Americans won that one! ;)

[@terrenceking5855]

It was a propaganda film!

[@TManningWriter]

Cinematographically perfectly. Unfortunately, Nazi!

[@TheVeritas2100]

Manuel J. Torres-Anjel Leni Reifenstahl was not a a Nazi Party member, but who is counting ... :-)

[@hrisantonis]

Manuel J. Torres-Anjel We notice that, at that time, most countries saluted "the ancient Greek way" (with the right hand straight). Greece, France, Germany, and many other countries.

[@johnsloat9683]

Manuel J. Torres-Anjel The Nazis had great aesthetics.

[@carver3419]

+John Sloat Bullshit! Most of the painting was sentimental kitsch or pseudo-heroic poses. It's Riefenstahl that had great esthetics.

[@johnsloat9683]

carver3419 Hugo Boss, Mercedes Benz (the Volkswagon), etc. Nazi's looked good!

[@pardofornaciari]

Scarronzoni al minuto 2.50"

[@jolocke9363]

It seems to be correct that Jewish people is Germany did declare war in 1933. It is rarely mentioned in history books or in history classes. Social engineering by media and government is and has been a dominant factor in the past and present.

[@smooshiebear80]

Your grammar is unclear so I’m not understanding what you’re trying to say. Did Germany declare war on the Jews or are you saying the Jews declared war on Germany? I’ve never seen evidence of the Jewish people persecuting the German government, but I have seen the laws that the Nazi state passed that Jews were not considered German citizens.

[@PaddleDogC5]

Little did they know what lay ahead.