The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14 MSK (UTC+4) and finished at 23:02 MSK (UTC+4) This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games opening ceremony under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The Games were officially opened by President Vladimir Putin. An audience of 40,000 were in attendance at the stadium with an estimated 2,000 performers. The ceremony touched upon various aspects of Russian history, and included tributes to famous Russians, such as Peter Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Ukrainian-born Russian humourist, dramatist, and novelist Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948), ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889–1950), and patron of arts, and founder of Ballet Russes, Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929).

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A documentary covering the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

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A documentary on the Olympic games of ancient Greece, made during the 1924 games.

A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz.

A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.

A second part of a documentary covering the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.

A documentary about French marathon runner Alain Mimoun at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.