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Olympic torch
Material: Aluminium
Size: 66cm L × Ycm ⌀ (top) / Zcm ⌀ (stem)
Year: 1976
Manufacturer: Queensway Machine Products
The Olympic torch and its flame are arguably the definitive symbols of the Olympic games. The torch relay for the Montréal 1976 Olympics was unique in many aspects. After lighting the flame in Olympia, runners took the flame to Athens, where it was then sent via satellite to Ottawa through a series of coded pulses produced by ionized particles in the flame. In Ottawa, a laser received the coded pulses and lit a cauldron on Parliament Hill, where the flame then traveled to Montréal and later Kingston. Approximately 1,200 people participated in the 775-kilometre, five-day relay, journeying by foot, by car, by bicycle, and even by canoe.
This torch has a head coated in a black, silicone-based, heat-resistant acrylic paint, and a stem coated in a red kiln-dried plastic engraved with the Montréal 1976 logo. It was fuelled by a combination of olive oil, nitropropane, and heptane. This mixture was chosen in order to ensure rapid lighting, a burn duration of at least 10 minutes, resistance to weather, and improved photogenics, while also evoking a connection to ancient Greece. A total of 1,250 torches were produced.
Material: Aluminium
Size: 66cm L × Ycm ⌀ (top) / Zcm ⌀ (stem)
Year: 1976
Manufacturer: Queensway Machine Products
The Olympic torch and its flame are arguably the definitive symbols of the Olympic games. The torch relay for the Montréal 1976 Olympics was unique in many aspects. After lighting the flame in Olympia, runners took the flame to Athens, where it was then sent via satellite to Ottawa through a series of coded pulses produced by ionized particles in the flame. In Ottawa, a laser received the coded pulses and lit a cauldron on Parliament Hill, where the flame then traveled to Montréal and later Kingston. Approximately 1,200 people participated in the 775-kilometre, five-day relay, journeying by foot, by car, by bicycle, and even by canoe.
This torch has a head coated in a black, silicone-based, heat-resistant acrylic paint, and a stem coated in a red kiln-dried plastic engraved with the Montréal 1976 logo. It was fuelled by a combination of olive oil, nitropropane, and heptane. This mixture was chosen in order to ensure rapid lighting, a burn duration of at least 10 minutes, resistance to weather, and improved photogenics, while also evoking a connection to ancient Greece. A total of 1,250 torches were produced.
Flame bearer's and escorts program
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Flame bearer's guide
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Flame relay certificate
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Memo - adaptation of the Olympic flame course program
Material: Paper
Size: 28cm L × 21.75cm W
Year: 1975
This memo from February 1975, titled "Adaptation du programme parcours de la flamme olympique" or "Adaptation of the Olympic flame course program", states that the Olympic flame would no longer visit each of the Canadian capital cities due to budget constraints.
Material: Paper
Size: 28cm L × 21.75cm W
Year: 1975
This memo from February 1975, titled "Adaptation du programme parcours de la flamme olympique" or "Adaptation of the Olympic flame course program", states that the Olympic flame would no longer visit each of the Canadian capital cities due to budget constraints.
Olympic flame souvenir booklet
Material: Paper
Size: 11cm L × 0.5cm W × 21cm H
Year: 1976
Publisher: Savignac + Stinziani
This souvenir booklet, prepared for the Flame Relay program, discusses the history of the Olympic flame from the Berlin 1936 Olympics to the present day. It also includes maps of the flame relay route and a summary of Olympic event records.
Material: Paper
Size: 11cm L × 0.5cm W × 21cm H
Year: 1976
Publisher: Savignac + Stinziani
This souvenir booklet, prepared for the Flame Relay program, discusses the history of the Olympic flame from the Berlin 1936 Olympics to the present day. It also includes maps of the flame relay route and a summary of Olympic event records.