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The Last Archive

Long Jump, Tall Tale

The Last Archive

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, History

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Owens spent the rest of his life retelling the story of the 1936 games and his encounter with Luz Long. We trace the evolution of a tall tale, discovering the hidden life of one of America’s iconic sports heroes.

This is part two of a two-part crossover from Revisionist History’s ‘Hitler’s Olympics’ series. To listen to the whole series, head over to the Revisionist History show page.

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0:00.0

When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it.

0:15.4

This is 60 Minutes.

0:16.9

It's a kind of a magazine for television.

0:19.1

Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives.

0:24.6

But that's all about to change.

0:27.2

Like none of this stuff gets looked at.

0:28.8

That's what's incredible.

0:30.4

I'm Seth Dan of CBS News.

0:33.0

Listen to 60 minutes, a second look,

0:36.1

wherever you get your podcasts. Hey Last Archive Listener's I've

0:45.0

Aye

0:50.0

Last Archive Listeners,

0:51.0

Here is part two of my look at Jesse Owens' famous long jump in the 1936 Nazi Olympic Games.

0:57.0

If you missed part one, maybe give that a listen first.

1:00.0

It should be in your feed.

1:02.0

To hear the rest of our nine-part revisionist history series on the 1936 Olympics,

1:07.0

head over to revisionist history's show page and look for the episodes titled Hitler's Olympics.

1:13.0

Here's the episode.

1:15.0

On a warm day in August,

1:22.0

1951, a helicopter appeared in the sky above the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

1:27.0

75,000 people had gathered there to watch a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game. The crowd looked up. The chopper circled three times and landed on the field.

1:39.0

The loudspeaker amounts are called out. Attention, attention. A black man in a white suit stepped out onto the red cinder track.

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