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26/01/1956 The VII Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

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Cortina d´Ampezzo 1956 Olympic Opening Ceremony (Amateur Footage)

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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Renée Colliard Slalom Gold

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✘ Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 AUSTRIA - CANADA

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1956 Olympics Figure Skating - Marianna & Laszlo Nagy HUN LP

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The Sovjets win the 1956 Olympic ice-hockey tournament

The Cortina Games were unique in that many of the venues were within walking distance of each other. The organizing committee received financial support from the Italian government for infrastructure improvements, but the rest of the costs for the Games had to be privately financed.