Again, this clip continued from the previous one. This time, the BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (Βρετανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι; Les Îles Vierges Britanniques) starts this one. The other nations are seen as follows: - France (Γαλλία; La France) and - Germany (Γερμανία; L'Allemagne). These nations were NOT SEEN in this broadcast: Georgia, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guam, Guatemala and Guyana. Afterwards, the following nations are SEEN as follows: - Guinea (Γουινέα; La Guinée); - Guinea-Bissau (Γουινέα-Μπισσάου; La Guinée-Bissau); - Grenada (Γρενάδα; La Grenade); - Denmark (Δανία; Le Danemark); - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό; La République Démocratique du Congo); - Dominica (Δομινικα; La Dominique); - Dominican Republic (Δομινικανή Δημοκρατία; La République Dominicaine); - El Salvador (Ελ Σαλβαδόρ; Le Salvador); and, - Switzerland (Ελβετία; La Suisse). Again, another break with these nations NOT SHOWN (in Greek order): Eritrea, Estonia and Zambia. Then, the last bit of this clip has shown or said the following: - Zimbabwe (Ζιμπάμπουε; Le Zimbabwe) (acknowledged only) and - United Arab Emirates (Ηνωμένα Αραβικά Εμιράτα; Les Émirats Arabes Unis). Note 1: If you see and/or hear how the Greek translation of certain nations look and/or hear like, then the English TRANSLITERATION seem to sound like this: France = "Gallia"; Germany = "Germania"; Denmark = "Dania"; and, Switzerland = "Elbetia." Note 2: See the THIRDBASE3 Parts 3 and 4 clips for the complete showing of this segment. The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA starts the next clip.

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This clip continued the previous one. Here, ARUBA (Αρούμπα) starts this one. The other nations mentioned and seen here are as follows: - Australia (Αυστραλία; L'Australie); - Austria (Αυστρία; L'Autriche); - Afghanistan (Αφγανιστάν; L'Afghanistan); - Vanuatu (Βανουάτου; Le Vanuatu); - Belgium (Βέλγιο; La Belgique); - Venezuela (Βενεζουέλα; Le Venezuela); - Bermuda (Βερμούδες; Les Bermudes); - Vietnam (Βιετνάμ; Le Viêt Nam); - Bolivia (Βολιβία; La Bolivie); - Bosnia and Herzegovina (Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη; La Bosnie-Herzégovine); - Bulgaria (Βουλγαρία; La Bulgarie); and, - Brazil (Βραζιλία; Le Brésil). Note 1: Australia hosted the 2000 Olympic Games at Sydney. Note 2: Afghanistan returned to the Olympic Games, with new flag. This nation did not compete at Sydney 2000. Note 3: For a complete segment of this clip, see THIRDBASE3 Part 2 and 3 clips. The BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS starts the next clip.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: this set of ELEVEN clips was what the CBC had shown, during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games parade of athletes. If you want to see the FULL SHOWING of the parade, look up at my favorites section for THIRDBASE3 uploads. This note will be repeated in all the videos regarding these segments of this event. As the Olympic Games has came back to Greece for its homecoming, the uniqueness of this parade is that the GREEK FLAG (Σημαία της Ελλάδος; Le Drapeau de la Grèce) started it. Afterwards, the following nations, IN ORDER OF THE GREEK ALPHABET, are shown: - Saint Lucia (Αγία Λουκία; Sainte-Lucie); - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Άγιος Βικέντιος και Γρεναδίνες; Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines); - San Marino (Άγιος Μαρίνος; Saint-Marin); - Angola (Αγκόλα; L'Angola); - Azerbaijan (Αζερμπαϊτζάν; L'Azerbaïdjan); - Egypt (Αίγυπτος; L'Égypte); - Ethiopia (Αιθιοπία; L'Éthiopie); - Haiti (Αϊτή; Haïti); and, - Cape Verde (Πράσινο Ακρωτήριο; Le Cap-Vert) (acknowledged only). These nations were not shown in this broadcast (in Greek order): Côte d'Ivoire, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa and Andorra. Then, these nations were seen here: - Antigua and Barbuda (Αντίγκουα και Μπαρμπούντα; Antigua-et-Barbuda); - Argentina (Αργεντινή; L'Argentine); and, - Armenia (Αρμενία; L'Arménie). ARUBA starts the next clip. Again, for the complete segment of this clip, look up THIRDBASE3 Part 1 and 2 uploads.

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To conclude this overall segment of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony, everyone that performed up to this point came out, starting with those drummers, in preparation for the city's ancient symbol arrival. According to Greek myth, the land Athens now stands was fought between Poseidon (Ποσειδων; God of the Sea, Horses and Earthquakes) and Athena (Αθήνα; Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare, Handicrafts and Reason). When Athena gave birth to the olive (Ελιά) tree around the Acropolis area with her lance, Zeus (Ζεύς) and the other Greek Gods granted her the land over Poseidon in the end. That is why Athens is named here. At this point, the water was being drained slowly, with the "rocks" rising toward the revealing of an olive tree. Once that was done, the overall segment was finished and would lead to one of the big highlights of any Olympic Games: the PARADE of ATHLETES.

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This clip continued from the previous one. Here, the Clepsydra continued showing Greek history from the following in order: - the time leading toward the creation and power structure of the GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία; 324 BC - 1453). Good and Evil; Heaven and Hell are highlighted here, along with St. George slaying the dragon; - the TRADITIONAL period (1453 - 1832): the 1821-1829 Greek War of Independence (Ελληνική Επανάσταση) from the Ottoman Empire (Turkey of that time from 1299-1923) was highlighted. Greek independence was finally achieved in July 1832. Constantinople was conquered by it started this period. Most of us know that city as modern Istanbul today. Eros was seen here taking a handkerchief from one person to the lady in the same "time period" and, - the MODERN period (1832 - present). The modern Olympic Games has started with Athens 1896. Also highlighted here is the Karagiozis, which used shadow puppets. Plus, the "Greek blues" came to be in the 1920s. Eros, again, was seen here taking an item from someone "backstage" and giving it to one of the performers. The Clepsydra was completed by the arrival of the PREGNANT WOMAN, which symbolized the life and hope for the future. Eros took her outer garment, as she walked down the ramp to the water. Her arrival was accompanied by the singing from the late soprano Maria Callas (Μαρία Κάλλας; 1923-1977). Her glowing stomach led toward the lighting of the water, symbolizing the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy. A misty screen was used to "carry the stars" from the water to show the BOOK OF LIFE sequence. The main point here is the double helix of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid), which was discovered by James Watson of USA, Francis Crick of Great Britain and Maurice Wilkins of New Zealand. All 3 men received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this achievement. After that, the entire stadium goes dark to lead toward the main symbol of the old Athenian city-state.

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This first, of three clips, is a set that I really liked from the Athens 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony. First, the Greek deity of love, Eros, is seen here hovering over two lovers on and near the water. Second, Eros here gives us "a more guided and detailed tour" of Greek history from the Allegory clip, with the following moments in order: - MINOAN civilization from about 2,000 BC to 1,400 BC at CRETE (Κρήτη; PREHISTORIC period); - the fisherman sequence from about 1,700 BC to 1,200 BC (PREHISTORIC period), with saffron gathering by girls to gain womanhood. Here, Eros grabbed a saffron flower from one of them. The AGE OF COPPER occurred around this time as well; - the GEOMETRIC period (from around 1,050 BC to 700 BC). The main highlight here was a goddess named Potnia Theron [mistress of wild animals of Mycenae (Μυκήνες)]; - the ARCHAIC period (700 BC to 480 BC), highlighted by the winged horse Pegasus. Also, Eros gave the flower away; - the CLASSICAL theater period (534 BC to 260 BC), highlighted by model of the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος). Also, the image of Hercules was shown. His name here is Roman, as the Greeks call him Heracles. - more of the CLASSICAL period (480 BC to 323 BC), highlighted by the arrival of the Greek gods and goddesses (Zeus, Athena, Apollo, etc.); - the CLASSICAL sports period (480 BC to 30 BC), highlighted by Nike. The ancient Olympic Games was more established then, with another highlight of Alexander the Great: King of ancient Macedon(ia) (b. 356 BC; d. 323 BC). More in next clip. YouTuber cmc8856 helped me with a bit of this clip here because my version did not turn out well. Hence, you see a bit of a "break" there. Besides, others have uploaded these scenes before this clip already. Note: if you have seen the Geometric sequence there, two people held the Athens 2004 official mascot toys. That was where ATHOC got the idea from.

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"It was falling into the dream, As I was coming out of the dream, I woke up with this marble head in my hands, It exhausts my elbows and I don't know where to put it down." "It was falling into the dream, As I was coming out of the dream, So our life became one, And it will be very difficult for it to separate again." - stanzas from the Mythistorema 3 poem by the late Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης; 1963 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature). From there, this clip highlights how the Greek civilization went from one period to another. First, a "Cycladic head" to symbolize around the year 2,700 BC period. Second, after it breaks, a KOUROS was shown to represent the ARCHAIC period (around 650 BC - 500 BC). Finally, it breaks once more to reveal a classical statue to symbolize the CLASSICAL period (around 510 BC - 323 BC). Next, a man standing on a cube came out, in which it represents the Earth rotating around the Sun, as the ancient Pythagoreans saw it then. The Pythagoreans were the religious followers of Pythagoras of Samos' (Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος) beliefs. He was born at around 580 to 572 BC and died at around 500 to 490 BC; he was an Ionian Greek. Finally, this clip ends with the "outside rocks" showing various vignettes of the growth and evolution of humanity through progress, development and diversity over the ages. Then, these "rocks" form a representation of the over 1,500 Greek islands that make up modern Greece today.

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This clip highlights one of the main highlights of the Athens (Αθήνα) 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony: the singing of the Greek national Anthem called "Hymn To Liberty." (Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν) Here are the lyrics to it. However, the anthem itself has TWO Greek DIACRITICS: polytonic and monotonic. But, they are essentially written almost identical to each other. Also, the English TRANSLATION to it has three versions: literal, poetic and one made by Rudyard Kipling in 1918. (GREEK; in monotonic diacritic) Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψ του σπαθιού την τρομερή, σε γνωρίζω από την όψη που με βία μετράει τη γη. Απ' τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, χαίρε, ω χαίρε, Ελευθεριά! και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, χαίρε, ω χαίρε, Ελευθεριά! και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, χαίρε, ω χαίρε, Ελευθεριά! English TRANSLITERATION (to above Greek lettering): Se gnorízo apó tin kópsi tu spathiú tin tromerí, se gnorízo apó tin ópsi, pu me vía metrái ti yi. Ap' ta kókkala vgalméni ton Ellínon ta ierá, ke san próta andhrioméni, khére, o khére, Eleftheriá! Ke san próta andhrioméni, khére, o khére, Eleftheriá! ke san próta andhrioméni, khére, o khére, Eleftheriá! (ENGLISH; Kipling 1918 Version): We knew thee of old, O, divinely restored By the lights of thine eyes, And the light of thy Sword. From the graves of our slain, Shall thy valor prevail, As we greet thee again, Hail, Liberty! Hail! As we greet thee again, Hail, Liberty! Hail! As we greet thee again, Hail, Liberty! Hail! This clip would lead to the theatre aspects of the opening ceremony.

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In this clip, the paper boat used here to symbolize Greece's affinity with the sea. I am not sure of the spelling here, but Nikoloas Pasatas (the 9-year-old boy here) is seen here steering the boat. To accompany the scene, the Hellenic Navy Marching Band plays a music score, before the arrival of the 3 presidents. Speaking of them, the first to be announced is the IOC president: Jacques Rogge (Ζακ Ρογκ). The second one was the Olympic Games first woman OCOG president so far. She was the ATHOC 2004 president: Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (Γιάννα Αγγελοπούλου-Δασκαλάκη). The third and final one was the sixth and former Greek President of the Third Hellenic Republic: Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (Κωνσταντίνος Στεφανόπουλος). His term in this office lasted from 1995 to 2005. He could be also called the "President of Democracy." In the last bit of this clip, the boy disembarks from the boat to meet up with the 3 presidents, before one of the main highlights of this opening ceremony was shown.

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This clip begins the Athens (Αθήνα) 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony. The introduction is fitting, considering that the Olympic Games has not return to its home roots since 1896. Here, the heartbeats, created by the drummers, are heard to symbolize the Games' main theme. It is called "The Unique Games on the Human Scale." Second, the "linking" of the ancient Greek site at Olympia (Ολυμπία) and the modern site at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA; Ολυμπιακό Αθλητικό Κέντρο Αθήνας) was represented by one drummer at each location. Again, the heartbeat symbolism is used here. Third, a "comet or flaming arrow" came down toward the middle section of the stadium floor, which is covered by water. The Olympic Rings set up inside the water was lit by it. To conclude this first section, a bit of firework choreography from the stadium's upper sections was shown here, going from slow to fast mode. This would lead to the introduction of three VIPs involved in this Olympic Games opening ceremony.

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This clip highlights a historic moment in modern Olympic history. During this time, Athens had its first WOMAN MAYOR ever. She was the first (and only one so far) mayor of a city that would host an Olympic Games during her tenure. This was, at the time, when the ATHOC president was also a woman. Her name is Dora Bakoyannis (Greek: Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη). She is currently a member of Greece's ruling party called "New Democracy." Before becoming mayor, she was the Minister for Culture in 1992 to 1993. She took the position of Athens' mayor from 2003 to 2006. Right now, she is the Foreign Affairs Minister for said party mentioned above.

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This clip highlighted a few scenes. First, how the city of Athens got to host and prepare for the 2004 Olympic Games. Second, a very brief history of how the ancient Olympic Games came to be, ended temporarily in the 4th century and got revived in 1896 for the first modern version of what we know about the event now. Third, two CBC commentators are seen here explaining briefly on how the Athens 2004 Olympic Games would run. The final minute of this clip is just a montage of modern Greece, showing its people, geography, places and statues.

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This clip highlighted another CBC opening sequence for the Olympic Games. This time, it was for the Games of the 28th Olympiad that took place in Athens, Greece, where the inaugural 1896 Olympic Games took place. Well, it took another 108 years for the Greek capital to host another Olympic Games, but "it had finally came back for the homecoming." Here, the familiar Acropolis and a bit of Greek antiquity is shown to start things off, with the athletic highlights of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Of course, more computer graphics are used to glamorize the opening sequence. The same can be applied to the ever familiar CBC theme music that it used to signal the beginning of the Olympic Games coverage of the day.

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In this final clip, we hear from Canada's first Olympic champion in wrestling: Daniel Igali. If I am right here, he defected from Nigeria, when he competed for that nation at the Victoria (BC) 1994 Commonwealth Games. Also here, more highlights of the athletes' performances from those Games to finish off all the clips about the closing ceremony. Kind of continuing from an earlier clip, so to speak. Thank you for watching them all here.

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This clip continued and concluded the showing of the fireworks display at the Sydney Harbor Bridge for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony. As this was a broadcast of the show, it was obvious that 20 full minutes of this would have been too much to handle. Yes, the entire show here was about 20 minutes long, according to the commentators here. The next clip will be the last one for this playlist.

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This clip highlighted what is the true final act of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony. After the official acts in former Stadium Australia (now currently called the ANZ Stadium) concluded, the line of fireworks started from there, like breadcrumbs, toward the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Sydney Opera House area. Guess what returned to start the fireworks display at the Sydney Harbor Bridge? Can you make out some of the music that was used before and made its return for these scene?

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Well, this clip is pretty much self-explanatory to most Australians. Here, the late Slim Dusty gave his performance of Australia's favorite folk song mentioned in the title, as the final official act for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony. It was made by poet Banjo Paterson in 1895; it's musical composition was made in 1903.

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This clip highlighted the performance of the Australian reggae-rock band group called Men At Work. Here, the group played and sang the song called "Down Under." It came from their very first album called "Business as Usual" from 1981. The song itself had a single as well in the same year. The first bit of it was cut off by commercial break and the latter portion of this clip had them do some musical interlude, with all the performers from Nikki Webster at that Olympic Flame going out clip up to this point. You can almost see all of them on the stadium floor and center stage throughout the clip. This clip will lead to the biggest and the most Australian of all acts that will officially end the Sydney 2000 closing ceremony.

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Now, things are getting even warmer than before. Remember the lifeguards of Bondi Beach from the previous clip? Well, in this one, the "PARADE OF AUSTRALIAN ICONS" continued on here with the following Australian celebrities, real and fiction, in order: - Greg "The Shark" Norman: PGA golf athlete; - B1, B2 and the rest of the group from the children's show: Bananas in Pyjamas. Believe it or not, it is still continuing with new episodes since 1992; - Elle Macpherson: Australia's famous supermodel. She is also a businesswoman and an actress; - Paul Hogan: actor made famous for his "Crocodile Dundee" movies of 1986 and 1988 at the time. A Golden Globe winner because of the first one. Believe or not here, too, his old job at the Sydney Harbor Bridge is still there; and, - the possible cast of the 1994 movie called "The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert." Try to figure out whom or what Priscilla is. Once that was done, Kylie Minogue returns to sing a song called "On A Night Like This", from her single of the same name. Another believe it or not: it was released just before the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Most of all, two previous singers [Pandora of Sweden (1999) and Anna Vissi of Greece (2000)] had rights to this song, before Minogue made it hers. The end is coming.

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At the beginning of this clip, a preview of what will come to all the spectators and athletes alike in former Stadium Australia. In this case, a contingent of lifeguards from Bondi Beach bring in their equipment, including pulling a "giant thong", with an unknown lady on it. They carry her onto a surfboard to the main center stage. Do you know who she is? She is no other than one of Australia's well-known pop singers: Kylie Minogue. Here, she sang one of ABBA's original songs called "Dancing Queen" from 1976. Speaking of Sweden's ABBA music group, this song came from their FOURTH album called "Arrival" of the same year. ABBA lasted from 1972 to 1982.

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