London Olympic 2012 Opening Ceremony [Photos]

Highlights of the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony was watching as 200 copper leaf peddles on long, high stilts, were lit. They then joined together to make one, beautiful torch. The Olympic flame has now traveled 13,000 miles.It was a beautiful and emotional start to the 2012 Olympics and a ceremony that made everyone in the UK proud to be British.

Boyle has drawn from William Shakespeare, British pop culture, literature and music, and other sources of inspiration that will speak not just to Anglophiles but to people across the globe. One segment involves actor Daniel Craig's James Bond, and former Beatle Paul McCartney will lead a sing-along. A fireworks display had the crowd 'oohing' and 'ahhing' as Sir Paul McCartney sang out "Hey Jude." Everyone in the crowd joined in singing with him.

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