Description: Central Office of Information's copy of the official poster advertising the 1948 London Olympics.
Date: 1948
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 13/224
This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Its design is a copyright of the International Olympic Committee.
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Dave Caplan 29 months ago | reply
I was seven months old then.
Could this account for my lifelong hatred of all sports !
kashrich99 23 months ago | reply
The license for this poster says "No known restrictions". Yet the deccription says "Its design is a copyright of the International Olympic Committee.". Can you tell me which is correct please? So are there any restrictions on this poster image at all?
The National Archives UK 18 months ago | reply
The rings are the protected intellectual property of the IOC / BOA which makes re-use difficult, however they were happy to allow the poster's use here in a 'collections' context.
You can see more Olympics posters from the collections of the V&A at:
collections.vam.ac.uk/exhibition/a-century-of-olympic-pos...
AVFC1Love 10 months ago | reply
this logo is so much better than the London 2012 silly logo.