The 1948 Games in St Moritz

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Swiss ice hockey player Bibi Torriani recites the Olympic oath. RDB

Finnish ski jumper Heikki Hasu. RDB

Procession of spectators and skiers. RDB

Swiss skier Rosmarie Hirschy-Bleuer in the alpine combination. Keystone

A press photographer from Alaska. RDB

Switzerland beat the United States, 5:4. RDB

Although nobody scored, the mood was great at the hockey game between Canada and Czechoslovakia. Keystone

Belgian figure skaters Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet won the gold medal in the pairs competition. RDB

In the radio studio. RDB

French bobsledders. RDB

Swiss timing. RDB

The military patrol race was a show competition. It later became the biathlon. RDB

Olympic fashion show. RDB

The winter pentathlon once featured as a show competition. It included cross country skiing, pistol shooting, downhill skiing, fencing and horseback riding in the snow. RDB

The weather station in St Moritz. RDB

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The Swiss ski resort of St Moritz hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1948. Back then the sportswear was woollen and the spectators dressed up for the occasion. (Pictures: RDB/Keystone)