Turning Night Into Day -- For 1932 Olympic Contestants: This remarkable view of the Olympic Stadium here reveals how a battery of 196 flood - light will bring "Day Light" to the Arena for night game so successful has the lighting been in these preliminary tests that it is reported athletes will be able to compete absolutely unhampered by distracting shadows. The achievement is said to be a triumph of Artificial light. May 04, 1931. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).