Olympic stadium, Athens mb-code 42-15405458 A Company going on duty

A Company going on duty during the city's Police Strike

with a Lotus immediately behind it in the pit lane

which is parked on what appears to be an airfield

September 1947

Olympic stadium, Athens mb-code 42-15405458 A Company going on dutyOlympic stadium, Athens, 1906, (1936). As well as the inaugural games of the modern era in 1896, Athens hosted a further games, known as the Intercalated Games, in 1906. Athens had proposed that it could host the Olympics every four years, but Baron Pierre de Coubertin was opposed to the idea, not least because he wanted Paris to host the 1900 edition. As a compromise, it was decided that Athens would host games every four years in between the main