1936 Summer Olympics torch relay
The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following on from the reintroduction of the Olympic Flame at the 1928 Games. It pioneered the modern convention of moving the flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue. Leni Riefenstahl filmed the relay for the award-winning but controversial 1938 film Olympia.
Siegfried Eifrig carrying the Olympic Flame at the end of the relay
The Berlin Olympic Torch
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, photographer and actress known for producing Nazi propaganda.
Riefenstahl in a 1930s postcard honoring her for the propaganda film Olympia
Riefenstahl (right) in Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit (1925)
Riefenstahl stands near Heinrich Himmler while instructing her camera crew at Nuremberg, 1934.
Riefenstahl and a camera crew stand in front of Hitler's car during the 1934 rally in Nuremberg.