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.

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

Legendary rock band Rush plays the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the final night of...

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

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.

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.

A documentary covering the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.

A documentary covering the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul.

A documentary covering the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

A documentary covering the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville.