1.6K views · 24 reactions | Today marks the anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.  Throwback to the lighting of the Olympic cauldron by 19-year-old Ron Clarke.  This clip is from the ‘Olympic Postscript', made by the Postmaster General's Department. Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/2V0qsQg NAA: C4189, 1334655; NAA: A7135, 05/23A. | National Archives of Australia | Facebook

Terrific colour footage of the men's marathon at the 1956 Olympic Games. Starting from the MCG going down to Oakleigh, then returning to a packed MCG. This was the final event of the Melbourne games held on Saturday the 1st of December 1956. There were 46 participants from 23 nations, The event was won by Alain Mimoun of France, Yugoslavia took its first Olympic marathon medal with Franjo Mihalić's silver. Finland returned to the podium in the event for the first time since 1932 as Veikko Karvon

2M views · 1.7K shares | Strength of Olympic champions 56 years apart. Melbourne 1956 – London 2012 #tbt #weightlifting | Olympics | Facebook

323K views · 5.4K reactions | On this day, Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti won six medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics: four golds and two silvers. 磊磊磊磊賂賂 | Olympics | Facebook

7.6K views · 147 reactions | And with this victory at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, 18-year-old Betty Cuthbert became an Aussie sporting icon! #FlashbackFriday | Australian Olympic Team | Facebook