2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremony Videos and Live blog is presented here.
Good evening! Victor Mather here at Olympic Stadium in London, where we’ll be describing all the action of the opening ceremony that “the man” doesn’t want Americans to see. For a few hours anyway. Along for the ride are other reporters and photographers who will be reporting along with me.
7:52 P.M. All Over
All in all: Danny Boyle wins the night for that witty, wry and just plain fun opener. The Czechs also deserve some admiration for the umbrellas-and-rain boots joke.
— Campbell Robertson
7:45 P.M. A New Generation
This is where the 2012 Olympic slogan “Inspire a Generation” comes into play–with seven young people lighting the torch. The torch is a big circle of smaller torches all on long stems–petals, they’re called–and once they’re all lit, they rise up together. After the Games each of the petal-torch things will be given to the each of the national teams at the Olympics. It’s obviously lovelier to look at than to explain.
— Campbell Robertson
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