Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony (2022)
On February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium.
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The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House (1973)
On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most identifiable of Australia’s icons - ranking with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, the koala and kangaroo - and is considered by many to be among the world's great architectural masterpieces.
Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China (2008)
Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, on two very different projects: the national stadium for the Olympic summer games in Peking 2008 and a city area in the provincial town of Jinhua, China.
Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936 (2016)
Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II, acted as a grand showcase for a Germany that was athletic, peaceful and rejuvenated. The violence and hate that until then had reigned in the streets of Berlin suddenly vanished. Adolf Hitler became the triumphant host of European countries he would soon try to invade or face in a deadly global conflict.
Nancy & Tonya (2014)
Mary Carillo looks back at the events leading up to, during and following the ladies’ figure skating competition at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in the one-hour special, “Nancy & Tonya.” The documentary, which originally aired during NBC’s Sochi Olympics coverage, features an exclusive sit-down with Nancy Kerrigan and a one-on-one interview with Tonya Harding.
The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 (2017)
Newly restored and assembled by the International Olympic Committee - the earliest comprehensive moving-image record of the modern Olympic Games that survives today.
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2002)
At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet Army hockey team for Olympic Gold. From the live footage taken at Lake Placid, NY, and through interviews beginning with the team's assembly through the experience of winning the gold medal.
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special (2006)
The Top Gear team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but with cars. In a world first, the team fire a rocket-powered Mini off a ski jump, Jeremy and James tackle the biathlon with the latest 4x4s, Richard stages a game of car ice hockey, and the new Jaguar XK races a speed skater.
Fight Without Hate (1948)
A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz.
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)
A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.
Where the World Meets (1952)
A first part of a documentary on the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
Gold and Glory (1953)
A second part of a documentary covering the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (1954)
Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
White Vertigo (1956)
A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
Olympic Games 1956 (1956)
A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.
Alain Mimoun (1959)
A documentary about French marathon runner Alain Mimoun at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.