1964 Winter Olympics: Innsbruck

Thanks to OMEGA’s Omegascope, the 1964 Games in Innsbruck were the first fully electronic.

The Omegascope was used to superimpose a clock on the TV screen, allowing viewers to see timekeeping just like spectators at the Games.

Fun Fact: The Innsbruck Games were threatened by a lack of snow. The Austrian army rushed to the rescue, carving out 20,000 blocks of ice from the mountain side and transporting them down to the luge and bobsleigh tracks. They also carried 40,000 cubic metres of snow to the Alpine skiing slopes. -olympic.org