Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. In addition to the impressive ten-feature contribution of Bud Greenspan, this stirring collective chronicle of triumph and defeat includes such documentary landmarks as Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia and Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad, along with captivating lesser-known works by major directors like Claude Lelouch, Carlos Saura, and Miloš Forman. It also offers a fascinating glimpse of the development of film itself, and of the technological progress that has brought viewers ever closer to the action. Traversing continents and decades, reflecting the social, cultural, and political changes that have shaped our recent history, this remarkable movie marathon showcases a hundred years of human endeavor. Films included: Stockholm 1912 The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 (dir. Adrian Wood • 2016 • 170 minutes) Chamonix 1924 The Olympic Games Held at Chamonix in 1924 (dir. Jean de Rovera • 1924 • 37 minutes) Paris 1924 The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece (dir. Jean de Rovera • 1924 • 8 minutes) The Olympic Games in Paris 1924 (dir. Jean de Rovera • 1924 • 174 minutes) St. Moritz 1928 The White Stadium (dirs. Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner • 1928 • 124 minutes) Amsterdam 1928 The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam (dir. unknown • 1928 • 251 minutes) The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928 (dir. Wilhelm Prager; supervisor Jules Perel • 1928 • 192 minutes) Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Youth of the World (dir. Carl Junghans • 1936 • 38 minutes) Berlin 1936 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (dir. Leni Riefenstahl • 1938 • 127 minutes) Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (dir. Leni Riefenstahl • 1938 • 103 minutes) St. Moritz 1948 Fight Without Hate (dir. André Michel • 1948 • 91 minutes) London 1948 XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (dir. Castleton Knight • 1948 • 138 minutes) Oslo 1952 The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 (dir. Tancred Ibsen • 1952 • 103 minutes) Helsinki 1952 Where the World Meets (dir. Hannu Leminen • 1952 • 101 minutes) Gold and Glory (dir. Hannu Leminen • 1953 • 97 minutes) Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (dir. unknown • 1954 • 50 minutes) Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 White Vertigo (dir. Giorgio Ferroni • 1956 • 96 minutes) Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 Olympic Games, 1956 (dir. Peter Whitchurch • 1956 • 60 minutes) The Melbourne Rendez-vous (dir. René...