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.

With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire...

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 documentary covering the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

A first part of a documentary on the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

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 covering the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California.

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

A documentary covering the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. It consists primarily of footage edited from...

Film about the 10th Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. Using a subjective camera, Ertaud and Languep...

A documentary covering the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid.

A documentary covering the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo.

Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II, acted as...

The Top Gear team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but...

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