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100 Years of Olympic History (1996 Video)

aka: 100 Years of Olympic Glory

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 176 min., 1996 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of sporting events from the modern Olympic Games. Archive footage and interviews with athletes includes footage of swimmer Mark Spitz, runner Kip Keino and gymnast Olga Korbut.

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Advancing the Games: The Ioc, London 2012 and the Future of de Coubertin’s Olympic Movement (2008)

Subject

Politics & government; Sports science

Audio recording of the London 2012 Pierre De Coubertin Lecture scheduled in assocation with the RSA and the British Olympic Foundation, Held at the RSA on 24/11/2008. Panel: Jacques Rogge, President,...

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Fire from Olympia (2004)

Director

Christopher Miles

Subject

Archaeology; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Historical documentary that explores the origins of the modern Olympic Games. The film follows the progress of three athletes who visit sites of the ancient Olympics and attempt to recreate different...

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London 2012 Olympic Games (2012)

Director

Danny Boyle; Kim Gavin

Subject

Media studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 420 minutes), £24.99

This 5 DVD set features both the entire opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as over seven hours of selected highlights from the games themselves, including the gold...

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Drugs Race, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

In a studio debate former Olympic athletics coach Wilf Paish argues that it is time to scrap drug testing in sport, maintaining that current drug testing techniques are expensive, ineffective, and pointless....

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Sports Psychology: Mental Preparation (2012)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 16 minutes), £82.80

This film addresses the psychology of Olympic and elite athletes from diving, water polo, athletics and triathlon. Also included are insights from leading coaches and sports psychologists on how athletes can...

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Tokyo Olympiad (1965 Video)

aka: Tokyo Orimpikku

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Producer

Suketaru Taguchi

Subject

Media studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 130 min., £15.99 (inclusive)

A documentary film about the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, shot by 164 cameramen using 1031 cameras, showing close, long and medium shots of the games.

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100 Years of Olympic Films (2017)

Subject

Film studies; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 6253 minutes), $237.00

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012 is an award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the...

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2012 Olympics and East London’s Regeneration (2010)

Subject

Geography; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 mnutes), £30.00

Interactive DVD pack which explores to what extent the London 2012 Olympics will help regenerate London’s East End. Students are given a mission and as journalists discover why cities bid to host...

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One Day in September (1999 Video)

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Producer

John Battsek; Arthur Cohn

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 95 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Relates the events surrounding the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, using archive footage and interviews with witnesses.

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