Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Since it's been missng from the internet, I bring you the full opening ceremony of Sarajevo 1984 as seen from american TV (sadly, it seems the original recordings were lost due to the war so most of the videos out there are very old VHS recordings from around the world).
Removed the commercial ads from the original recording for full enjoyment.

[@paravecchiavince9685]

As someone who was in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2004, it is an amazingly beautiful country with great people. Sadly, they have not recovered from what happened in the early 90s

[@yoinks9907]

Such a shame what happened only a few years later

[@TheColinChapman]

great video, but I have a lump in my throat. only eight years later, Sarajevo became a theatre of war.

[@a.j2964]

Imagine the city that once was hosted the olympic games were involve in a war 8 years later that killed thousands of people.

[@josephtafur]

Sad

[@maxandlily6074]

*coughs so hard my lungs get displaced*

[@JJJJ-lz1vv]

Wow deep thought

[@janjelinek3590]

when I was little I was interested in the breakup of Yugoslavia. It was always difficult for me to understand how it was possible that after only 8 years the situation had changed so tragically

[@mohdrabbaniahmadarif3639]

At 9:04, the word about Egypt's appearance in the 1984 Winter Olympics goes like this: "Egypt, wouldn't expect to see them here, would you. Egypt, the one-man team, Jamil el-Reedy, he is a skier." - Jim McKay

[@AndresECB]

And it remains Egypt's only participation at a Winter Olympics edition

[@mohdrabbaniahmadarif3639]

@@AndresECB I agree

[@matt2socal]

I enjoy this video. I was born 11 days later, 3 days before the closing ceremonies. Then 8 years, a violent war brakes out. I hope in the future Sarajevo can host the Winter Olympics once again.

[@fCalli]

Thank you so much!!

[@FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial]

Oh boy do I wish Yougoslavia still existed today.

[@MightyRoos]

40 years ago

[@debonidaniel]

Dude finally i found this on a complete archive.

[@evashogoki8703]

Will you post it?

[@debonidaniel]

@@evashogoki8703 no.I was searching for this since 2006.This is an exemple from a ceremony with low budget and a good idea.

[@Miximixos]

Thank you for this important upload!

[@compazine]

Jim McKay, God bless him, was somewhat of a hackneyed announcer -- he probably wouldn't stand well in today's standards. Some of the gems he uttered here: 41:32 "Well they certainly could be patterns you might knit into a sweater." 10:45 "They've never won a Winter Olympics medal, and they certainly won't here." 09:04 "Egypt! You wouldn't expect to see them here, would ya?" 42:43 "Moving into yet another pattern ... no, this is the one they did in the first place." 15:05 "Mongolians often show up at the last minute, this time they knew they were coming." 09:18 "He recently spent 40 days in a cave that fella, in the middle of the Sahara surrounded by snakes and scorpions.. his father took him there, thinking it would make him a man. He ought to be tough enough for the slopes." 42:50 "I think that's the one I'll ask Margaret to knit into my sweater."

[@user-cm9ok7ew8u]

13:14 The Next Host National is Canada in 1988 Winter Olympic Games!

[@MilanoRare51132]

It was happy...

[@Kevin-ps9yf]

14:09 my country 🇰🇷

[@user-dt5ik4ts9h]

한국인🇰🇷🇰🇷

[@jzc3011]

Tears come to my eyes when I think of how they will be deceived by foolish politicians in a few years and commit a tragedy of massacring each other 😢😢😢

[@JosteinSandNilsen]

Great!

[@takethat.barlow_fans9541]

Ok but can we talk about how good he is doing with pronouncing the states in serbocroatian? Like he is American, give him some credit.

[@dantebrooklynavenue-welcom9582]

THIS is an actual ABC Broadcast. They both did Sarajevo AND Los Angeles

[@ika-rus8010]

Correct. This is footage from ABC. Sadly, seems the original footage was lost due to the war so all we have on the internet regarding Sarajevo ceremonies are from either VHS recordings or documentals (which used different angles)

[@dantebrooklynavenue-welcom9582]

@@ika-rus8010 Are you sure you have a Closing one?

[@dantebrooklynavenue-welcom9582]

@@ika-rus8010 And also, Someone found the ABC Lighting one (not me) But since the Opening Ceremony has been found, The whole broadcast of the lighting is here

[@ika-rus8010]

@@dantebrooklynavenue-welcom9582 I don't have the full closing ceremony, only small excerpts of it. Might post it in the future when I get the chance.

[@dantebrooklynavenue-welcom9582]

@@ika-rus8010 Thanks.

[@FlamursHipHopTv]

My YU 🥲

[@maxandlily6074]

Y’know it’s surprising since Koševo stadium was restored

[@sulejmanvelagic9290]

Sarajevo is a big cityyyy

[@FordizaaChannel]

32:55 Olympics flag raising flip this flag

[@user-sg9rp4wz3w]

I have not been to Sarajevo before

[@erik6006]

Unlucky that in the march of nations, you don't get to see my home country Sweden. I do know that our flag is carried by ice hockey player Mats Waltin. But I would have liked to see Sweden anyway.

[@betthybak1601]

La Yugoslavia que Tito unificó demostraba su orgullo en estos Juegos Olimpicos .. Después vinieron los EUA y la OTAN a su costumbre sangrienta de destruir todo lo que penosamente se construyó durante 40 años.

[@ShimaJiro2205]

When I listen to President Samaranch's English, I think that my own English as a Japanese person is not bad either. The English I'm good at is "I can't speak English!"

[@williamdiemert9866]

Yugoslavia is no more

[@eejaeu]

14:08

[@katarinaklauz4809]

24:02

[@pinedelgado4743]

If there's one thing I could NOT stand it's Jim McKay's use of metaphors such as, "--until the Closing Ceremonies bring down the curtain on these 14th Winter Olympics." That sucked big time. McKay was such an overblown, poetic windbag. Just sayin'.

[@user-rr7bs1su5y]

СССР но одели спорсменов в российский платок 😂