With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from Ipanema,” Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message underlying the celebration: Let’s take care of our planet.

Coverage of the glorious Olympic Opening Ceremony of the Games in Tokyo. The 2020 Summer Olympics op...

Mary Carillo looks back at the events leading up to, during and following the ladies’ figure skating...

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events ma...

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about...

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divi...

19 years after the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan, the Olympic Games of 1964 took place in Tokyo....

Antônio Tenório and the Brazilian Paralympic Team are invited to a rare training camp in Japan. Pass...

A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an partic...

What were once lifestyle fads have evolved into some of the world's fastest-growing sports and are n...

A first part of a documentary on 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 covering the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California.

Russia is about to be banned from participating in the next Olympics. Six other countries are on the...

A documentary on the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.