godwin still hasn't forgotten that 91-degree day. >> there were people fainting from the heat, waiting in the crowd. and the girls were even rolling their stockings down. >> the brits almost marched in without a flag but a young volunteer at the games found a union jack in the nearby car just in time. that young man's name was roger bannister, and he went on to make history six years later by running the first sub four-minute mile. >> i didn't have a key. the sergeant restrained a policeman who thought i was a burglar and wanted to arrest me. then i managed to get this flag back to the british team just before they marched into the stadium. >> the '48 olympics were nick named the austerity games. athletes slept on cots inside military barracks. some teams had to fly in fresh food for their athletes. the u.s. arranged daily shipments of meat, chocolate, and bread. >> they flew over fresh bread every day and the fresh bread to the british it looked like cake to them. >> sammy lee of the u.s. diving team overcame a lot to get to london. as a nonwhite athlete, he wasn't allowed full traini