Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
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Leni Riefenstahl’s “Dance to the Sea” in The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

Leni Riefenstahl’s “Dance to the Sea” in The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

Divers competing at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Olympia (1938, dir. Leni Riefenstahl) Scene online here.

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The lighting of the Olympic torch in Olympia (1938, dir. Leni Riefenstahl) (via)

The lighting of the Olympic torch in Olympia (1938, dir. Leni Riefenstahl)

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Diver competing at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Olympia (1938, dir. Leni Riefenstahl) Scene online here. (via)

Diver competing at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Olympia (1938, dir. Leni Riefenstahl) Scene online here.

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The Holy Mountain’s (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) ”Cathedral of Ice” (via) The 50 ft. tall cathedral was constructed from ice painstakingly shaped for months on an armature of metal pipes. 

The Holy Mountain’s (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) ”Cathedral of Ice” (via)

The 50 ft. tall cathedral was constructed from ice painstakingly shaped for months on an armature of metal pipes. 

Leni Riefenstahl’s “Dance to the Sea” in The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)

Leni Riefenstahl’s “Dance to the Sea” in The Holy Mountain (1926, dir. Arnold Fanck) (via)