1964 winter olympic games innsbruck

Original title: IX. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck Documentary Sport. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 2. Add photo. Top cast Edit. Bob Beattie Self as Self archive footage. Heinz Engelmann Narrator as Narrator voice.

Ernst Grissemann Narrator as Narrator voice. Christl Haas Self as Self archive footage. Jimmy Heuga Self as Self archive footage. Billy Kidd Self as Self archive footage. Karl Schranz Self as Self archive footage. Pepi Stiegler Self as Self archive footage. More like this. Storyline Edit. Not Rated. Blue and green mountains with majestic snow-capped peaks are an omnipresent feature of the city's panorama.

With its reputation as an international wintertime sports destination via Britannica and Mental Floss , Innsbruck is no stranger to balaclava-clad strangers flocking to the Alps in hopes of luxury, leisure, or legacy achieved through freezing-weather perseverance. As the host of the Winter Olympic Games , there was no better destination. But to the consternation of the teams working to plan the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, the city was having its warmest February in nearly 60 years via Britannica and Olympstats.

Not only was this weather aesthetically undesirable, it was downright dangerous for would-be winter athletes.

The one thing you need for wintertime sports is, undeniably, winter weather. In the weeks leading up to the Olympics, two athletes actually died while training on the courses via Olympedia : Ross Milne, a skiier from Australia, and Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki, a British luger.