Rain Spoils Olympic Ceremony -- Lord Burghley, popular British athlete and now a member of the Olympics committee, with members of the Australian woman competitors at the College today. Heavy rain spoiled the official opening ceremony at the women's centre which has been set up for women Olympic competitors in the Olympic Games at Southlands College, Wimbledon, today. The officials and those competitors present gathered inside the College and a brief ceremony took the place of the officially scheduled event. July 12, 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos).