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  1. 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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  2. Year of the Sex Olympics, The (2003)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103+ minutes), £19.99

    Broadcast in 1968 as part of BBC2’s THEATRE 625 series. Originally in colour, only a black and white version now survives. In a world dominated and run by TV executives, programmes are created to control...

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  3. 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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  4. Planning for Major Events (2005)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £200.00 (free loan to ICE members)

    Visits the site planned for the London Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley to find out how planners deal with the development and infrastructure plans for major events such as the Olympics and Paralympic...

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  5. Salute (2008)

    Director
    Matt Norman
    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    SALUTE tells the story of Peter Norman, the Australian athlete, who stood on the podium with African-American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos, in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, during the award...

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  6. Pride and Propaganda: Lgbt Rights in Russia Today (2014)

    Subject
    Law; Social Studies

    On the eve of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, a panel discusses the ongoing threats to LGBT rights in Russia, from the recent ‘homosexual propaganda’ law to the banning of gay pride parades. [94 minutes]

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  7. 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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  8. Town of Runners

    Director
    Jerry Rothwell
    Subject
    Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £5.99

    Feature documentary about the phenomenon of Bekoji, a small town in the Arsi region of Ethiopia, which produced the athletes who won all four gold medals in the long distance track events at the 2008 Beijing...

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  9. Lloyd’s Register Lecture 2011 - Engineering the Olympics (2011)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Video recording of a lecture given on 1 December 2011 by John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). In this lecture he describes the various engineering and construction challenges from...

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  10. Hitler’s Olympia - The Nazi Olympics 1936 (1936 Video)

    aka: Olympische Spiele

    Director
    Leni Riefenstahl
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w. 204 min., 1995 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    In 1935 Leni Riefenstahl was approached by the president of the German Olympic Committee to make a film of the 1936 Berlin games, which were being staged by Goebbels as a giant propaganda exercise. Using 44...

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