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List of Winter Olympic documentary films

{{Short description|List of documentary films for individual Winter Olympic Games}}

The Winter Olympic Games have been filmed and competition highlights released since 1924. 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.[https://olympics.com/ioc/the-olympic-foundation-for-culture-and-heritage/culture-and-education-hub/official-films Official films] at Olympics.com[https://sportsheritage.org/hall-of-fames/the-olympic-museum/ sportsheritage.org] A collection of many Official films was restored,[https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/About-Awards-Stark-2019-Wood.pdf 2019 Award] from Association of Moving Image Archivists and released as a 2017 home video box set under the title 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012.Fristoe, Roger (2021) [https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming-Article/021394/100-years-of-olympic-films "100 YEARS of OLYMPIC FILMS"] at Turner Classic Movies “Official” films are those which have been arranged by the host city organizing committee and produced in compliance with the IOC charter.[https://www.beijing2022.cn/a/20201113/004671.htm Introduction of the Olympic Official Films] at beijing2022.cn Documentary films for individual Winter Olympic Games which feature actual competition footage are listed below.Wallechinsky, David (2019) [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll10/id/20697/rec/5 "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 HistoriansWallechinsky, David (2020) “Olympic Films 1988-1996: New Political Realities, New Cinematic Styles” Journal of Olympic History #28 International Society of Olympic HistoriansFindling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=vj5-Srq3ki4C&pg=PA405 Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement] Greenwood Press Appendix C: Olympic Films

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#GamesFilm TitleReleasedDirectorNotes
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!rowspan="4" | Chamonix 1924

| Olympic Games held at Chamonix in 1924 || 1924 || Jean de Rovéra||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9pEvCWoOzU The Olympic Games] (1924) from Imperial War Museum Official

Pathé News No 10, 12, 131924Pathé News[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_6/page/n81/mode/1up Motion Picture News] (1924) at Internet Archive
Fox News Vol 5 No 31, 401924Fox News[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_6/page/n187/mode/1up Motion Picture News] (1924) at Internet Archive
Universal International News No 151924Universal Newsreel[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_5/page/874/mode/1up Motion Picture News] (1924) at Internet Archive
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!rowspan="1" | St. Moritz 1928

| The White Stadium || 1928 || Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner|| Official

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!rowspan="7" | Lake Placid 1932

|The III Winter Olympics || 1932 || ||[https://archive.org/details/md-86554a-the-3rd-winter-olympics-vwr III Winter Olympics] at Internet Archive OCLC 27250287

Olympics, 19321933Victor Coty[https://skiinghistory.org/olympics-1932 Yaple bibliography entry] at skiinghistory.org
Bill Cunningham's Sports Review: Slides and Glides1932Howard C. BrownWebb, Graham (2020) [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGDwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA502 Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926–1959] McFarland {{ISBN|9781476681184}} p502
Hearst Metrotone News Vol 3, No 238–2411932Hearst Metrotone News[https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher106unse/page/n711/mode/1up Motion Picture Herald] (1932) at Internet Archive OCLC 423395789
Fox Movietone News No 40–431932Fox Movietone News[https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher106unse/page/n711/mode/1up Motion Picture Herald] (1932) at Internet Archive
Paramount Sound News No 55, 56, 581932Paramount News[https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher106unse/page/n895/mode/1up Motion Picture Herald] (1932) at Internet Archive
Universal News No 11–151932Universal Newsreel[https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher106unse/page/n895/mode/1up Motion Picture Herald] (1932) at Internet Archive
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!rowspan="3" | Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936

| Jugend der Welt || 1936 || Carl Junghans || Official

Olympic Ski Champions1936Tobis Film[https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume770newy/page/462/mode/1up Film Daily] (1936) at Internet Archive
Sports on Ice1936Tobis Film[https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume770newy/page/462/mode/1up Film Daily] (1936) at Internet Archive
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!rowspan="4" | St. Moritz 1948

| Fight Without Hate || 1948 || André Michel||Official

XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport1948Castleton KnightOfficial
Olympiad i vitt1948Torgny Wickman, Georges Alexath, René Boeniger[https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=4225 Olympia St. Moritz 1948] at Swedish Film Institute
1948 Winter Olympics1948Hans ThornerOCLC 49049038
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!rowspan="2" | Oslo 1952

| De VI Olympiske vinterleker Oslo 1952 || 1952 || Tancred Ibsen|| Official

Olympic Victory1952John JayOCLC 36560155
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!rowspan="2" | Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956

| White Vertigo || 1956 || Giorgio Ferroni|| Official

Westward the Flame1959[https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/9311/rec/28: VIII Olympic Winter Games 1960 Squaw Valley, California, Final Report] of the California Olympic Commission, California State Printing Office, July 1960, pg 67 1960 teaser
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!rowspan="4" | Squaw Valley 1960

| People, Hopes, Medals || 1960 || Heribert Meisel ||OCLC 1048325668

Flame in the Snow1960Frank Howard[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7LHqLowjIU Flame in the Snow] at YouTube Official
Olympic Holiday1960John JayOCLC 68967182
Winter Olympics on the Tahoe National Forest1961USFS[https://archive.org/details/CSPAN3_20180211_212600_Reel_America_Winter_Olympics_-_1960 Winter Olympics] at Internet Archive OCLC 42485829
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!rowspan="2" | Innsbruck 1964

| IX Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964 || 1964 || Theo Hörmann ||Official OCLC 1076256515

Victoires olympiques1964Jack Lesage[https://cinevod.bm-grenoble.fr/video/JDS7H-victoires-olympiques Victoires olympiques] at CinéVOD of numothèque grenoble-alpes
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!rowspan="3" | Grenoble 1968

|Snows of Grenoble || 1968 || Jacques Ertaud, Jean-Jacques Languepin||Official OCLC 104831091

13 jours en France1968Claude Lelouch, François ReichenbachOfficial OCLC 1022996323
The Tenth Winter1968Dick Barrymore
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!rowspan="1" | Sapporo 1972

| Sapporo Orinpikku || 1972 || Masahiro Shinoda||Official

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!rowspan="3" | Innsbruck 1976

| White Rock || 1977 || Tony Maylam||Official

Ski, un jeu Olympique1976Jack Lesage[https://cinevod.bm-grenoble.fr/video/DOS69-ski-un-jeu-olympique Ski, un jeu Olympique] at CinéVOD of numothèque grenoble-alpes
Olympic Harmony1977Tony Maylam, Tom CleggOCLC 19349523
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!rowspan="3" | Lake Placid 1980

| Olympic Spirit || 1980 || Drummond Challis, Tony Maylam||OCLC 19349393

Do You Believe in Miracles?1997Bernard GoldbergOCLC 981582850
Of Miracles and Men2015Jonathan HockOCLC 1141431955
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!rowspan="1" | Sarajevo 1984

| A Turning Point || 1984 || Kim Takal||Official OCLC 1048310972

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!rowspan="1" | Calgary 1988

| Calgary '88: 16 Days of Glory || 1989 || Bud Greenspan||Official

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!rowspan="2" | Albertville 1992

| One Light, One World || 1992 || Joe Jay Jalbert, R. Douglas Copsey||Official OCLC 1048303399

1992 Winter Olympics highlights1992CBS SportsFindling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004) Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement Greenwood Press page 403 OCLC 25618422
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!rowspan="1" | Lillehammer 1994

| Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory || 1994 || Bud Greenspan||Official

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!rowspan="2" | Nagano 1998

| Nagano '98 Olympics: stories of honor and glory || 1998 || Bud Greenspan||Official

Olympic Glory1999Kieth Merrill[https://worldfilmreviews.us/olympic-glory-nagano/ Olympic Glory] review IMAX
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!rowspan="1" | Salt Lake City 2002

| Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's stories of Olympic glory || 2003 || Bud Greenspan||Official

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!rowspan="1" | Torino 2006

| Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: stories of Olympic glory || 2007 || Bud Greenspan||Official OCLC 1048320883

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!rowspan="2" | Vancouver 2010

| Bud Greenspan presents Vancouver 2010: stories of Olympic glory || 2010 || Bud Greenspan, Nancy Beffa||Official OCLC 1048299719

XXI Olympic Winter Games2010CTV SportsOCLC 649716546 broadcast recording
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!rowspan="1" | Sochi 2014

| Rings of the World || 2014 || {{interlanguage link|Sergei Miroshnichenko (director)|lt=Sergei Miroshnichenko|ru|Мирошниченко, Сергей Валентинович}}||[https://www.moviefone.com/movie/rings-of-the-world/isYmL7zeKhel6QcNipfAw5/main/ Rings of the World] at moviefone.com Official

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!rowspan="2" | PyeongChang 2018

| Crossing Beyond || 2018 || Yi Seung-Jun||Official

Every Rise, Every Fall, Every Victory — We're In It Together2022Salomon Ligthelm[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/watch-official-film-2022-beijing-124251952.html 2022 preview film] at Yahoo 2022 teaser
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!rowspan="2" | Beijing 2022

| Powered by Belief || 2022 || ||closing ceremony short

Beijing 20222023Lu ChuanIOC (2023) [https://olympics.com/ioc/news/beijing-2022-official-film-opens-beijing-international-film-festival-in-world-premiere Beijing 2022 Official Film opens Beijing International Film Festival in world premiere] Official

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://olympics.com/en/original-series/official-films/ Official Films] at Olympics.com
  • [https://worldfilmreviews.us/olympic-films/ Olympic Film Reviews] at worldfilmreviews.us
  • [https://libguides.bc.edu/historyfaculty/olympicfilms Olympic Films and Documentaries] at Boston College Library

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