Opening Ceremonies: Athletes of the World
Credit: Forward Focus Productions Ltd.
Source: Mary Anne McEwen fond. Crista Dahl Media Library and Archive, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
Excerpts from the Parade of Athletes at B.C. Place Stadium with a focus on the international contingent.
(Music plays. Clapping and other sounds of a crowd.)
Announcer: “These are the athletes of the world.”
(Cheers and applause)
Announcer: “I’m gonna do it one more time. These are the athletes of OUR world.”
(Loud cheering and applause)
Announcer: “You’re looking at more than 7000 athletes.”
(Cheers and applause)
Announcer: “This is the largest sporting event for the year 1990!”(Cheers and applause) “And it belongs to us.”
(Cheers and applause)
(The crowd does “the wave”.)