Will The Athens Olympics Be Ready In Time? (2001)
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Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2018 · News & Politics
Olympic Threat (2001): The Olympic Games were born in Greece, and in three years time the country welcome it back for the first time since the first modern Olympics since 1896. But can modern Greece conquer terrorism and construction chaos? Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures# The biggest threat is to security: radical communist terrorists are still active in Athens. The latest victim of ‘November 17’ terrorists was British military attache Stephen Saunders, gunned down last June. Organisers insist November 17 won’t disrupt the Olympics. But a former Games boss reveals he was threatened. “They suggested I should get an armoured vehicle and a guard”. We discover political extremists on all sides use violence when the office of a Communist MP is blown up. Larger-than-life Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki now runs the Greek Olympic Committee. Dubbed the ‘Iron Lady’ and married to a billionaire shipping magnate, she denies the terrorist threat – even though November 17 murdered her husband’s uncle. She also promises Athens will be ready. But the new airport is still closed, the Olympic stadium was trashed during a soccer match and the Olympic Village remains a sheep paddock where disgruntled landowners argue with bulldozer drivers. It’s going to be a bumpy ride for the spiritual home of the Olympics. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/929 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures ABC Australia - Ref. 0929
