The Games of the XXII Olympiad, from Moscow, USSR. These Games are best known as the ones boycotted by the U.S. and more than sixty other nations. These were the first Games held in a Communist country. Zimbabwe’s women’s field hockey team was entered five weeks before the Games began and ended up winning the gold medal. Some countries marched under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag as a form of protest. This video shows the flags of the seven new countries to join in the Olympics. At the closing ceremony, the flag of the next host country, the U.S., was not raised; rather, it was the flag of the next host city, Los Angeles. There is no talking in this video. Background music is the Olympic Theme. Video is of average quality. (1:26)