*Should read the footage is being sought. Could someone please edit? Ta.* Curiouser and curiouser.... "It was such a coveted secret that Hitler sent his most trusted filmmaker to Ireland to capture it. Intrigued by the stature of our hammer-throwers in the 1930s, the German dictator wanted to know what made them so good, in a bid to copy their technique before the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Now the hunt is on for the footage, with Brian Walsh, curator of the Dundalk County Museum, leading the chase. "We heard about this film in our contact with some of the Olympians’ families and are trying to locate the footage. If anyone could help us with this, it would be fantastic. "It appears Hitler wanted to know why the Irish were so good, so he arranged to have the athletes filmed so that their training regime could be analysed. "We believe this was done before the 1936 Games and there is a suggestion that Hitler’s propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl may have been involved and we are seeking to clarify that." " Read more: Olympian task: Hunt to find Hitler
