Beautiful To Watch Olympics Opening Ceremonies

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2018
  • The 1984 opening ceremonies of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics was undoubtedly one of the most spectacular, ever. How could it be anything but fantastic, since it was put together by the best producers in Hollywood and national sports programming. I got the chance to be behind the scene with my 16mm camera. This primetime PBS special is a powerful and emotional look at some of the thousands of people who made the event happen.
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  • @hamstarr100
    @hamstarr100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Legend has Sam is still waiting to go on

  • @robinsonnobles6246
    @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    My dad is actually friends with the guy who flew it, William Suitor. Basically, William's neighbor asked him to pilot the machine, (he created it) and well, he did. My dad used to play soccer with Will that's how he knew him.

    • @AaronB99999
      @AaronB99999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That looked incredibly dangerous

    • @AaronB99999
      @AaronB99999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the physics of it makes no sense. You think of an airplane and it has multiple control surfaces (wings, elevator, ailerons, rudder) to keep it under control. This jet pack appears to just have four nozzles. It would be difficult bordering on impossible to even do controlled straight line flight, much less a takeoff, descent, turn and hover to landing as he does here.

    • @robinsonnobles6246
      @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AaronB99999 Hahaha def was

    • @robinsonnobles6246
      @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AaronB99999 Yeah, seriously. My dad doesn't really know how it works lol, but it did kinda inspire me to be an aronautical engeneer

    • @robinsonnobles6246
      @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pedro Castro Garzon What do you mean? No, I mean my dad used to play AMERICAN SOCCER with Will who flew this. Not Futbol, and you're getting confused with American football. Re-read it.

  • @CHUUMPASS
    @CHUUMPASS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    still the greatest olympic games and opening ceremony by far. the measuring stick. LA '84 has set the bar high for LA 2028

    • @Charlz1980tv
      @Charlz1980tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best opening ceremony was Moscow 1980. By far.
      1 Moscow 1980
      2 Athens 2004
      3 Barcelona 1992
      4 Atlanta 1996
      5 Los Angeles 1984

  • @Mario_N64
    @Mario_N64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I honestly think they at first wanted a rocketman to light the Olympic fire, but it was just too difficult.

  • @Mario_N64
    @Mario_N64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This and the Barcelona 92 opening ceremony were the most beautiful and classiest.

  • @alexabadi7458
    @alexabadi7458 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was a kid when I saw that space man on TV, I was so impress !
    I will never forget it !

  • @buma8232
    @buma8232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I Love and miss this Time. I watched the entire LA Olympics and the opening when I was 12 and recorded everything on the first video recorder. And don't miss anything. It was something really big. What a ghost. It was wonderful. Greetings from Bavaria,
    Reach out.....

  • @larryhagemann5548
    @larryhagemann5548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Interesting to see behind the scenes activity. Thanks.

  • @user-ok1he9ll2s
    @user-ok1he9ll2s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    JetPack in 1984!!!
    And in 2019 still not there for everyone!

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I watched this on telly in the middle of the night in the UK. Marvellously OTT opening ceremony,aiming to be the biggest and brightest yet,that seemed to convey the LA of the time's optimism and confidence for the future.

    • @franzbeck3177
      @franzbeck3177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it was not a jet-pack...he was on a zip-line. it was just all one big con to big up the Olympics and America's technology.Also remember the safety of all the people underneath him as he flew over....each and everyone of them also a participant.

    • @ericcapostagno3271
      @ericcapostagno3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you're gonna be pissed when you find out they were first used in the 60's

    • @franzbeck3177
      @franzbeck3177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      used yes....used correctly and safely...no. Did they perform this jetpack stunt racing over hundreds of people in a stadium? No they did not....hence the camera cutting away also

    • @ericcapostagno3271
      @ericcapostagno3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@franzbeck3177 Why would you comment that? Now you're just making stuff up. Please refrain from using the internet if you're just gonna make stuff up and comment nonsense.

  • @rlemus7559
    @rlemus7559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Omg!!!! Seems like it was yesterday, best games of my life, I was 12 years old, ever sinse I like to watch the games!!!!

  • @Top10WizardReviews
    @Top10WizardReviews 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Easy, Sam! Easy! Easy, easy.
    Sam, easy now Sam! Haha love this clip, jetpacks need a comeback.

    • @Charlz1980tv
      @Charlz1980tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The person hired to play Sam was not the brightest of people...

  • @farwayout
    @farwayout 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    +David Hoffman...you did an amazing job with your 16mm camera...this was BEFORE all the new technology i.e. iphones,ipads ! Thank you so much for you well done documentary on these EXCELLENT Games! As I watched these Games Live on the ABC network I felt so Touched by the strong emotions and the PAGEANTRY that these Games evoked I got the sense many people their in attendance were most enthralled by the Opening Ceremonies-well planned and choreographed by the organizers...WELL DONE! Again...thanks for this inspiring documentary!.

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you so much. It was a great pleasure to be at the 1984 LA Olympics and I am proud of the doc I made there.
      David Hoffman - filmmaker

  • @FedorMachida
    @FedorMachida ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was my favorite Olympics. I loved everything. Even, the All Night Long, "All Night Long" Lionel Richie performance.

  • @johnbehneman1546
    @johnbehneman1546 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

  • @joncollins4214
    @joncollins4214 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these! I am getting so lost in your channel!

  • @Anthony-io4um
    @Anthony-io4um 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    El dollop me trajo a este increíble momento, The dollop brought me here (The spanish one) .

  • @richardcogbill6791
    @richardcogbill6791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is only 4 mins of the hour long, fascinating PBS documentary...
    Olympic Challenge....Behind the scenes of the historic 1984 Olympic Games.

    • @KelvinKlink
      @KelvinKlink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watchin at same time looool

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was a volunteer driver during the games. Funny but we actually had very little traffic during those games. I hope to volunteer again in 2028. Great time to be in L.A. for those two weeks of sport. Really great memories.

    • @AaronB99999
      @AaronB99999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardcogbill6791 And then it was Rodney King and OJ. Fun times for all.

  • @MundiaKamau
    @MundiaKamau 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyed this very much, thank you. Here in Kenya back in 1984, the opening ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games was not televised (at least I don't remember it being televised), though we did get to see several events, via what used to be known as Voice of Kenya (VOK) Television, the only radio and television station in Kenya back in those days. What's the name of the guy running things, the guy in spectacles and wearing the blue coat, what was his full time day job back then, and what became of him? Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 25th April 2024.

  • @BoStErO1905
    @BoStErO1905 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    That rocket man though!

    • @Charlz1980tv
      @Charlz1980tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well... 1965 James Bond Thunderball had the same gimmick....so...

  • @heliumnetworking5103
    @heliumnetworking5103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man I came here for the rocketbelt flight from Dollop podcast but stayed for the event project manager that guy wow, some gold

  • @dinarivas626
    @dinarivas626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This awesome to watch.

  • @psychedelicpython
    @psychedelicpython 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The was kind of cool to watch! Thank you David Hoffman.

  • @GEOVANYXXMASTER
    @GEOVANYXXMASTER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    El futuro de veía tan prometedor en esos años 😕, gracias The Dollop ñor traerme aquí, ahora quiero el mío jaja

  • @pc7783
    @pc7783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    懐かしい!イーグルサム!ロケット人間は当時小学生でしたが印象的です。

  • @MilkMilk2546
    @MilkMilk2546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    イギリス軍空飛ぶスーツから来ました。

  • @duenodelustucru
    @duenodelustucru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It could have been so cool to see the rocket man lighting up the Olympic fire

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remember this time…10 years old. Man. It feels like a lifetime ago. WAS that long ago

  • @armandolarch
    @armandolarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is gold! Do you have any more?

  • @davehoward22
    @davehoward22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember bits of Montreal and russia,but this was the one i remember start to finish

  • @djcobbs
    @djcobbs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I wondered where San Andreas got the idea for that big bulky jet pack, but man if this existed then, I can only imagine what’s out there now

    • @loudsoundplayer
      @loudsoundplayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is cos Michael Jackson use it at his 1992 Dangerous Tour. GTA sa plays in 1992 too.

    • @robinsonnobles6246
      @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My dad is actually good friends with the guy who flew the jetpack, William Suitor. Suitor used to mow his neighbor's lawn who actually came up with the idea, and asked him to pilot. My dad used to play soccer with Will Suitor the pilot.

    • @iraniansuperhacker4382
      @iraniansuperhacker4382 ปีที่แล้ว

      they still doin the same shit

  • @eddysandoval2694
    @eddysandoval2694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Behind the scenes of the la 1984 Games

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Those cheerleaders are probably retired now!!

  • @calvinf9218
    @calvinf9218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's been 37 years! Where tf is my jetpack ?!

  • @hhiram1
    @hhiram1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amo este momento!!! Me llena de mucha emoción!!!!

  • @Counter-Chicken
    @Counter-Chicken 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    A jet pack? Wtf?

    • @vladpootin5973
      @vladpootin5973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      and in 1984 ! as of 2018 people of most countries still can't comprehend and believe that :) hello from shithole russia by the way :)

    • @santiagoale1377
      @santiagoale1377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no, i was compresed air its how a spray

    • @robinsonnobles6246
      @robinsonnobles6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@santiagoale1377 Yep. Gravity industries made a REAL jet pack go look them up.

  • @jiroten7358
    @jiroten7358 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    モスクワオリンピックの次、アメリカが相当力を入れたのはご覧の通り
    当時15歳の私、ワクワクしました。

  • @SSVCloud
    @SSVCloud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "What're we wasting our time with javelins for? This man can go to Mars!"

  • @200gb3
    @200gb3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello from Japan

    • @psychedelicpython
      @psychedelicpython 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hello 200gb3 from Washington State U.S.A..

  • @fcotapia9312
    @fcotapia9312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First 10 seconds are SO Monty Python

  • @user-vz4yq4kl9j
    @user-vz4yq4kl9j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    この乗り物めちゃくちゃ近未来っぽくてすごくないですか?

  • @mikeg5280
    @mikeg5280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Think this is the guy who's been buzzing LAX?

  • @annettekindt5547
    @annettekindt5547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was in this as one of the dancers. how do I get a copy of it?

  • @californiahusker5456
    @californiahusker5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    NCIS brought me here!!!!

    • @lalainiqaranipusi
      @lalainiqaranipusi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Bruhhhhh me too the jet pack man that died in the forest, Mcgee was talking about it to Gibbs in the elevator when he said that about the Olympics

    • @californiahusker5456
      @californiahusker5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lalainiqaranipusi lol that’s the one!!!!

    • @jongenau149
      @jongenau149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here lmao was looking for this comment

  • @user-pn2yi1mt3i
    @user-pn2yi1mt3i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It!! America!! DAISUKI👍👍👍👍👍

  • @frankfitzgerald4536
    @frankfitzgerald4536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bill Suitor is THE Rocket Belt pilot!

  • @pete6418
    @pete6418 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What's that song welcome

  • @J_131
    @J_131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, Los Angeles won the 2028 Olympics.
    Imagine what they have in mind??

  • @RifaOnGaming
    @RifaOnGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    woww

  • @CharlesBirdm
    @CharlesBirdm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really cool, so all the videos on this channel are shot by you personally?

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not all, Charles. Many of the videos were shot by me or the scenes were directed by me and one of my colleagues was the videographer/cinematographer. Some of the other films were part of my archive collected during the 1970s and 1980s.
      David Hoffman - filmmaker

    • @CharlesBirdm
      @CharlesBirdm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok got you. I'd just like to say, this channel is really a service to the modern generation. Why? Because sure anyone can find footage from the 50s-80s from major broadcasts in little clips, but the major difference is with yours, it is long-form, no narration (raw in that sense) and interesting videos that we would shoot today on our cell phones (protests, arguments at universities, etc.) but from that generation. Of course you also do professional multi-camera work, but somehow it is just different in feel to major broadcasts. Through your videos we can really get a feel of what a person or group was going through back then and see how similar and dissimilar these trivial and non-trivial experiences were. Watching your videos gives a "young'n" a shot of experience that could never be felt otherwise (books, newspapers, magazines, radio, etc).

  • @user-hn3wv2mk3k
    @user-hn3wv2mk3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ロサンゼルスの飛んじゃう奴いいな

  • @Nobody5555-
    @Nobody5555- 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    they gonna use a real jetpack in 2028

  • @nickgoldyscreams
    @nickgoldyscreams 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    were those people waving at balloons?

    • @farwayout
      @farwayout 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      To signal the start of these fantastic Games! Indeed....a coming TOGETHER....UNITY as one whole world UNITED....a competition whereas FRIENDSHIPS will FOSTER.....overall just HUMANITY at it's FINEST!!!!

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They look a bit like the balloons from The Prisoner.

  • @jasondu6813
    @jasondu6813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All the girls now are 60+

  • @fawadfawadi4211
    @fawadfawadi4211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wat is this? Second reality?

  • @pepitaperez1272
    @pepitaperez1272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aquí está la prueba que se volaba con una mochila mucho antes del presente 2021. Práctico no era y la electrónica era mínima por lo tanto toda la estabilización la tenía que hacer el tripulante de la mochila voladora. Ahora todos son en el fondo drones, hasta las naves que llegan a Marte.

  • @hakanunal2112
    @hakanunal2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    While playing gta san andreas, you type the rocketman password and 01:06

  • @bluenote2522
    @bluenote2522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am Japanese
    I was 11 years old

  • @WDI2008
    @WDI2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics!

  • @javadragon7475
    @javadragon7475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:06

  • @molmer2380
    @molmer2380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Where the f@#& is my jetpack!"

  • @edghar7995
    @edghar7995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👑7ING

  • @MrKenichi22
    @MrKenichi22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @3:30
    PLO Flags Anyone?

  • @user-hn7sn2kl6d
    @user-hn7sn2kl6d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Verynice U.S.A

  • @rudycope1
    @rudycope1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:30 Don't screw it up, kid..

  • @LeonE.U.A
    @LeonE.U.A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:13...."CJ stear egg" gta San Andreas!!!

  • @alexdrives2695
    @alexdrives2695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re all done Sam

  • @FUNYANCO
    @FUNYANCO 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1984年のロスオリンピックで見かけたやつだな

  • @GregoryTheGr8ster
    @GregoryTheGr8ster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I remember the 1984 Olympics soooo well! I remember the rocket pack, too. I really wanted one after that. I still want one. The only Olympic games that surpassed the 1984 games were the 1980 games in Moscow, right in the heart of socialist utopia.

    • @greenhornet8262
      @greenhornet8262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think LA was more impressive than Moscow. A lot of things they did in LA are reason why opening ceremonies are produced at such a big scale.

    • @Mario_N64
      @Mario_N64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the 1992 Barcelona games, those were really classy and fun.

    • @GregoryTheGr8ster
      @GregoryTheGr8ster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mario_N64 OHMYGOD yes! Long live '92! It was heartbreaking when the US Men's volleyball team lost to Brazil, and had to settle for a bronze medal at best (which they did by kicking Cuba's butt). At least the Brazil team was beat by the Netherlands in the gold medal match, forcing them to settle for silver. Those were the days, weren't they?

  • @mohammadkhatib1888
    @mohammadkhatib1888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:06

  • @victortruong1524
    @victortruong1524 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that GTA SA flying Suit !?? :)) I never thought it was real :)) !
    I thought rock star made it up

  • @odessaflores4832
    @odessaflores4832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    USA USA 🇺🇸

  • @fernandocoronado3885
    @fernandocoronado3885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:05 turbo man!

  • @lockheedmarlonr-m4568
    @lockheedmarlonr-m4568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its turboman

  • @user-ly4sc8ny9u
    @user-ly4sc8ny9u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The FALCON

  • @didimalika4376
    @didimalika4376 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the rocket men by filming iron man

  • @certifiedhoodclassic7844
    @certifiedhoodclassic7844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah yes ROCKETMAN

  • @MrHerberttarlek
    @MrHerberttarlek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All those California girls wow

  • @user-pn1nz4ml3j
    @user-pn1nz4ml3j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ロケットマンだっけ?

  • @ronaldjohnsantos8360
    @ronaldjohnsantos8360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the baloons went down to the ocean to kill the sea creatures.

  • @S955US84
    @S955US84 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    California was a much better place back in 1984. It would be politically incorrect to say exactly why.

  • @N3KI7
    @N3KI7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cheat activated
    1:06

  • @tetaylor123
    @tetaylor123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PLO flag?

    • @Mario_N64
      @Mario_N64 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, that was a hot topic back then.

  • @eliangarcia6250
    @eliangarcia6250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alguien más por el dollop?

  • @munzevi5188
    @munzevi5188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Barış Özcan =)

  • @MmNn-mp3lh
    @MmNn-mp3lh ปีที่แล้ว

    😭😭 at that day I have only 10 years and sponsor by Donald duck 😭😭

  • @flyingchef
    @flyingchef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Somebody slap this guy

  • @luisneto3468
    @luisneto3468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a jetpack ? wtf lmao

  • @stevebano5874
    @stevebano5874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *....Didn't Anybody Look Up To See The Wire "ROCKETMAN" Was Suspended By...?*

    • @PizzaDinosaur
      @PizzaDinosaur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No wires; it was a real, operational jetpack. In fact, it was so cool you'd beat a man with a hammer and lock him in a box for days for the chance to fly it.

    • @richardcogbill6791
      @richardcogbill6791 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wires. The real thing.

  • @flymacseamus3474
    @flymacseamus3474 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for the memories - I was there as a 12 years old kid, and I still remember that feeling, like the future had just landed on our lap when that jetpack flew out of nowhere and landed at the bottom of the stadium... those days are so long gone by now, I wonder what happened to this country - we were promised the Moon and Mars on jetpacks, instead we got the whole woke garbage and gender-neutral urinals

  • @yusijak8392
    @yusijak8392 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @darjadol4391
    @darjadol4391 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    норм))

  • @crichiifishy
    @crichiifishy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No me gusto

  • @SebastianHernandez-uo4be
    @SebastianHernandez-uo4be 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm so hyped for 2028 ⚽️ 🌎🌍🌏🥇🥈🥉

  • @c4tx1
    @c4tx1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks fake lol

  • @williamwestmoreland4069
    @williamwestmoreland4069 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What America was

  • @sabotcat3244
    @sabotcat3244 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    bad taste, all plastic