List of Summer Olympic documentary films explained

The Summer Olympic Games have been filmed and competition highlights released starting in 1906. Documentary films for individual Summer Olympic Games which feature actual competition footage are listed in the following table.[1] [2] [3]

Background

An Olympic Film Collection of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) includes fifty feature-length films providing a chronicle of the modern Olympic Games.[4] [5] A collection of many Official films was restored,[6] and released as a 2017 home video box set under the title 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012.[7] “Official” films are those which have been arranged by the host city organizing committee and produced in compliance with the charter.[8] Listed Olympiad numbers have discontinuities due to cancelled games.

Other than still photography, no Olympic competitions were filmed prior to 1906.[9]

Summer Olympic documentary films

GamesFilm TitleReleasedDirectorNotes
rowspan="1" -Athens 1906Jeux olympiques d'Athènes1906Pathé Frères[10]
4London 1908Olympic Games In London1908British Pathé[11] [12] Film ID:1824.12
5Stockholm 1912The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 19121912Adrian Wood[13]
7Antwerp 1920Olympiade in Antwerpen1920[14]
8Paris 1924The Olympic Games in Paris, 19241924Jean de Rovéra[15]
9Amsterdam 1928The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 19281928Wilhelm Prager, Jules Perel
The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam1928Istituto Luce
10Los Angeles 19321932 Olympic Games1932Pathé News[16]
Fox Movietone News #92-951932Edmund Reek[17]
Hearst Metrotone News #290-2931932Hearst Metrotone News
Paramount News #1-41932Paramount News[18]
Universal Newspaper Newsreel #64-671932Universal Newsreel
11Berlin 1936Olympia1938Leni Riefenstahl
14London 19481948Castleton Knight joint film also covering the 1948 Winter Olympics
15Helsinki 1952Olympia 521952Chris Marker[19]
Where the World Meets1952Hannu LeminenOfficial
Gold and Glory1953Hannu LeminenOfficial
16Melbourne 1956Olympic Games 19561956Peter Whitchurch
Freedom's Fury2006Colin Keith Gray, Megan Raney Aarons[20]
17Rome 1960The Grand Olympics1961Romolo Marcellini[21]
18Tokyo 1964Tokyo Olympiad1965Kon Ichikawa
19Mexico 1968The Olympics in Mexico1969Alberto Isaac
Salute2008Matt Norman[22]
20Munich 1972Visions of Eight1973Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling
One Day in September1999Kevin Macdonald[23]
21Montreal 1976Games of the XXI Olympiad1977Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux
The Last Gold2016Brian Brown
22Moscow 1980O Sport, You Are Peace!1981Yuri Ozerov
23Los Angeles 198416 Days of Glory1986Bud Greenspan
24Seoul 1988Seoul 19881988Lee Kwang-Soo
25Barcelona 1992Marathon1993Carlos Saura
26Atlanta 1996Atlanta's Olympic Glory1997Bud Greenspan
27Sydney 2000Sydney 2000, Stories of Olympic Glory2001Bud Greenspan
28Athens 2004Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory2005Bud Greenspan
29Beijing 2008The Everlasting Flame2010Gu Jun
30London 2012First2012Caroline Rowland
Gun to Tape2012David Forbes[24]
31Rio 2016Days of Truce2017Breno Silveira
32Tokyo 2020Side A, Side B2022Naomi Kawase[25]
33Paris 20242024Jules and Gédéon Naudet[26]

See also

References

  1. [David Wallechinsky|Wallechinsky, David]
  2. [David Wallechinsky|Wallechinsky, David]
  3. Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004) Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement Greenwood Press Appendix C: Olympic Films
  4. https://olympics.com/ioc/the-olympic-foundation-for-culture-and-heritage/culture-and-education-hub/official-films Official films
  5. https://sportsheritage.org/hall-of-fames/the-olympic-museum/ sportsheritage.org
  6. https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/About-Awards-Stark-2019-Wood.pdf 2019 Award
  7. Fristoe, Roger (2021) "100 YEARS of OLYMPIC FILMS" at Turner Classic Movies
  8. https://www.beijing2022.cn/a/20201113/004671.htm Introduction of the Olympic Official Films
  9. Downing, Taylor (2012) The Olympics on Film History Today Volume 62 Issue 8 August 2012
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2035534/ The Olympic Games at Athens, Greece
  11. Sugden, John Peter and Tomlinson, Alan (2012) Watching the Olympics: Politics, Power and Representation Routledge p109
  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es5LLX1uSmk Olympic Games In London (1908)
  13. Web site: Official Films . 2024-04-23 . International Olympic Committee.
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6PT7MFW5s Olympiade in Antwerpen (1920)
  15. Web site: Official Films . 2024-04-23 . International Olympic Committee.
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-s_iQe9M1k 1932 Olympic Games
  17. https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher108unse/page/n651/mode/1up?view=theater Motion Picture Herald
  18. https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher108unse/page/n735/mode/1up?view=theater Motion Picture Herald
  19. Web site: 2013-11-03 . Olympia 52 . 2024-04-23 . Harvard Film Archive . en.
  20. News: Krastev . Nikola . 2012-02-02 . Hungary: New Film Revisits 1956 Water-Polo Showdown . 2024-04-23 . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . en.
  21. Book: Mallon, Bill . The Olympics: A Bibliography . 1984 . Garland Pub. . 978-0-8240-8926-9 . en.
  22. News: Bradshaw . Peter . 2012-07-12 . Salute – review . 2024-04-23 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  23. News: Bradshaw . Peter . 2000-05-19 . One Day in September . 2024-04-23 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  24. Web site: 2020-04-20 . Top 10 Olympic movies to watch when you’re stuck at home . 2024-04-23 . International Olympic Committee.
  25. IOC (2022) Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 premieres at the Festival de Cannes
  26. Web site: In association with France Télévisions, Paris 2024 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have chosen Jules and Gédéon Naudet to direct the Official film of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 and the related documentary series . Paris 2024 . 14 July 2024 . 22 May 2024.

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