XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport

1948 2h 18m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 9

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bill Stern
Narrator
Ted Husing
Narrator
Stewart MacPherson
Narrator
John Snagge
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Castleton Knight
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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78 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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ERA

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Roy Drew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Bill Stern and Ted Husing and Stewart MacPherson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0221719 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Castleton Knight directs. Roy Drew cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

178 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Roy Drew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Bill Stern and Ted Husing and Stewart MacPherson carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0221719 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Roy Drew
Runtime: 138 min · 2h 18m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.