List of Winter Olympic documentary films
List of documentary films for individual Winter Olympic Games
This is a list of documentary films for individual Winter Olympic Games which feature actual competition footage.[1][2][3] An Olympic Film Collection of the 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 International Olympic Committee charter.[8]
Winter Olympic documentary films
# |
Games |
Film Title |
Released |
Director |
Notes
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1
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Chamonix 1924
|
Olympic Games held at Chamonix in 1924 |
1924 |
Jean de Rovéra |
[9] Official
|
Pathé News No 10, 12, 13 |
1924 |
Pathé News |
[10]
|
Fox News Vol 5 No 31, 40 |
1924 |
Fox News |
[11]
|
Universal International News No 15 |
1924 |
Universal Newsreel |
[12]
|
2
|
St. Moritz 1928
|
The White Stadium |
1928 |
Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner |
Official
|
3
|
Lake Placid 1932
|
The III Winter Olympics |
1932 |
|
[13] OCLC 27250287
|
Olympics, 1932 |
1933 |
Victor Coty |
[14]
|
Hearst Metrotone News Vol 3, No 238-241 |
1932 |
Hearst Metrotone News |
[15] OCLC 423395789
|
Fox Movietone News No 40-43 |
1932 |
Fox Movietone News |
[16]
|
Paramount Sound News No 55, 56, 58 |
1932 |
Paramount News |
[17]
|
Universal News No 11-15 |
1932 |
Universal Newsreel |
[18]
|
4
|
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
|
Jugend der Welt |
1936 |
Carl Junghans |
Official
|
Olympic Ski Champions |
1936 |
Tobis Film |
[19]
|
Sports on Ice |
1936 |
Tobis Film |
[20]
|
5
|
St. Moritz 1948
|
Fight Without Hate |
1948 |
André Michel |
Official
|
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport |
1948 |
Castleton Knight |
Official
|
Oljymiad I Vitt |
1948 |
Torgny Wickman, Georges Alexath, René Boeniger |
[21]
|
1948 Winter Olympics |
1948 |
Hans Thorner |
OCLC 49049038
|
6
|
Oslo 1952
|
De VI Olympiske vinterleker Oslo 1952 |
1952 |
Tancred Ibsen |
Official
|
Olympic Victory |
1952 |
John Jay |
OCLC 36560155
|
7
|
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
|
White Vertigo |
1956 |
Giorgio Ferroni |
Official
|
Westward the Flame |
1959 |
|
[22] 1960 teaser
|
8
|
Squaw Valley 1960
|
People, Hopes, Medals |
1960 |
Heribert Meisel |
OCLC 1048325668
|
Flame in the Snow |
1960 |
Frank Howard |
[23] Official
|
Olympic Holiday |
1960 |
John Jay |
OCLC 68967182
|
Winter Olympics on the Tahoe National Forest |
1961 |
USFS |
[24] OCLC 42485829
|
9
|
Innsbruck 1964
|
IX Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964 |
1964 |
Theo Hörmann |
Official OCLC 1076256515
|
Victoires olympiques |
1964 |
Jack Lesage |
[25]
|
10
|
Grenoble 1968
|
Snows of Grenoble |
1968 |
Jacques Ertaud, Jean-Jacques Languepin |
Official OCLC 104831091
|
13 jours en France |
1968 |
Claude Lelouch, François Reichenbach |
Official OCLC 1022996323
|
The Tenth Winter |
1968 |
Dick Barrymore |
|
11
|
Sapporo 1972
|
Sapporo Orinpikku |
1972 |
Masahiro Shinoda |
Official
|
12
|
Innsbruck 1976
|
White Rock |
1977 |
Tony Maylam |
Official
|
Ski, un jeu Olympique |
1976 |
Jack Lesage |
[26]
|
Olympic Harmony |
1977 |
Tony Maylam, Tom Clegg |
OCLC 19349523
|
13
|
Lake Placid 1980
|
Olympic Spirit |
1980 |
Drummond Challis, Tony Maylam |
OCLC 19349393
|
Do You Believe in Miracles? |
1997 |
Bernard Goldberg |
OCLC 981582850
|
Of Miracles and Men |
2015 |
Jonathan Hock |
OCLC 1141431955
|
14
|
Sarajevo 1984
|
A Turning Point |
1984 |
Kim Takal |
Official OCLC 1048310972
|
15
|
Calgary 1988
|
Calgary '88: 16 Days of Glory |
1989 |
Bud Greenspan |
Official
|
16
|
Albertville 1992
|
One Light, One World |
1992 |
Joe Jay Jalbert, R. Douglas Copsey |
Official OCLC 1048303399
|
1992 Winter Olympics highlights |
1992 |
CBS Sports |
[27] OCLC 25618422
|
17
|
Lillehammer 1994
|
Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory |
1994 |
Bud Greenspan |
Official
|
18
|
Nagano 1998
|
Nagano '98 Olympics: stories of honor and glory |
1998 |
Bud Greenspan |
Official
|
Olympic Glory |
1999 |
Kieth Merrill |
[28] IMAX
|
19
|
Salt Lake City 2002
|
Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's stories of Olympic glory |
2003 |
Bud Greenspan |
Official
|
20
|
Torino 2006
|
Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: stories of Olympic glory |
2007 |
Bud Greenspan |
Official OCLC 1048320883
|
21
|
Vancouver 2010
|
Bud Greenspan presents Vancouver 2010: stories of Olympic glory |
2010 |
Bud Greenspan, Nancy Beffa |
Official OCLC 1048299719
|
22
|
Sochi 2014
|
Rings of the World |
2014 |
Sergei Miroshnichenko [ru] |
[29] Official
|
23
|
PyeongChang 2018
|
Crossing Beyond |
2018 |
Yi Seung-Jun |
Official
|
Every Rise, Every Fall, Every Victory — We're In It Together |
2022 |
Salomon Ligthelm |
[30] 2022 teaser
|
24
|
Beijing 2022
|
Powered by Belief |
2022 |
|
closing ceremony short
|
Beijing 2022 |
2023 |
Lu Chuan |
[31] Official
|
See also
References
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2019) "Olympic Films: From the Beginning to Riefenstahl's Berlin Docudrama"; "Olympic Films 1948-1960: Serious Event Coverage with Touches of Sexism and Racism"; "Olympic Films 1964-1984: Troubled Times and Troubled Films Mixed with Excellent Exceptions" Journal of Olympic History #27 International Society of Olympic Historians
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2020) “Olympic Films 1988-1996: New Political Realities, New Cinematic Styles” Journal of Olympic History #28 International Society of Olympic Historians
- ^ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004) Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement Greenwood Press Appendix C: Olympic Films
- ^ Official films at Olympics.com
- ^ sportsheritage.org
- ^ 2019 Award from Association of Moving Image Archivists
- ^ Fristoe, Roger (2021) "100 YEARS of OLYMPIC FILMS" at Turner Classic Movies
- ^ Introduction of the Olympic Official Films at beijing2022.cn
- ^ The Olympic Games (1924) from Imperial War Museum
- ^ Motion Picture News (1924) at Internet Archive
- ^ Motion Picture News (1924) at Internet Archive
- ^ Motion Picture News (1924) at Internet Archive
- ^ III Winter Olympics at Internet Archive
- ^ Yaple bibliography entry at skiinghistory.org
- ^ Motion Picture Herald (1932) at Internet Archive
- ^ Motion Picture Herald (1932) at Internet Archive
- ^ Motion Picture Herald (1932) at Internet Archive
- ^ Motion Picture Herald (1932) at Internet Archive
- ^ Film Daily (1936) at Internet Archive
- ^ Film Daily (1936) at Internet Archive
- ^ Olympia St. Moritz 1948 at Swedish Film Institute
- ^ VIII Olympic Winter Games 1960 Squaw Valley, California, Final Report of the California Olympic Commission, California State Printing Office, July 1960, pg 67
- ^ Flame in the Snow at YouTube
- ^ Winter Olympics at Internet Archive
- ^ Victoires olympiques at CinéVOD of numothèque grenoble-alpes
- ^ Ski, un jeu Olympique at CinéVOD of numothèque grenoble-alpes
- ^ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004) Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement Greenwood Press page 403
- ^ Olympic Glory review
- ^ Rings of the World at moviefone.com
- ^ 2022 preview film at Yahoo
- ^ IOC (2023) Beijing 2022 Official Film opens Beijing International Film Festival in world premiere
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