The flame dwindles and the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony of the 1948 Olympic games in London. "The spirit of the Olympic games sets forth once more. May it prosper throughout the world." #OlympicsOnFilm | BFI

#OnThisDay, 63 years ago, the team of Strickland, Croker, Mellor and Cuthbert won the women's 4x100m relay in World Record time (44.5) at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games! 🎥 Olympic | Australian Olympic Team

1.6M views · 13K reactions | Some amazing footage of the 1948 London Olympics | IDLProcycling | Facebook

653K views · 3K reactions | Through the years! From London 1948 to Rio 2016, take a look at the evolution of the Women's Long Jump!  Read all about the history of the long jump here: https://oly.ch/3hs7xGQ | Olympics | Facebook

#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel was keen to show off the nifty outside broadcast kit the BBC was using to cover the 1948 London Olympics. You might want to sit down for this one, camera geeks. | BBC Archive