WEMBLEY PREPARES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES The great Wembley Stadium, London, when final preparations are being made for the opening of the Olympic Games next week. In the foregroum a workman is seen putting finishing touches io the concrete beacon which will hold the Olympic flame The flame was lit on Mount Olympus, Greece, and is now being carried by torch relay across Europe It will burn at Wembley throughout the competitions.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25552, 21 July 1948, Page 5
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72WEMBLEY PREPARES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES The great Wembley Stadium, London, when final preparations are being made for the opening of the Olympic Games next week. In the foregroum a workman is seen putting finishing touches io the concrete beacon which will hold the Olympic flame The flame was lit on Mount Olympus, Greece, and is now being carried by torch relay across Europe It will burn at Wembley throughout the competitions. Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25552, 21 July 1948, Page 5
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