Directed by Hannu Leminen • 1953 • Finland
Part two of Director Hannu Leminen's account of the Olympic Games Helsinki 1952, with its fierce patriotism and its sense of a nation welcoming the world, is redolent of the period, coming as it did only twelve years after the end of Finland's war with the Soviet Union, and seven years after the end of World War II. Leminen spends GOLD AND GLORY covering non-track-and-field sports, while competitors from across the globe are seen socializing with ease, traversing the language barrier with smiles and gestures, and strengthening the impression of sports as a unifying stimulus for peace.
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Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952
1954 • Finland
Given that the weather during the Olympic Summer Games in 1952 was miserable, with frequent bouts of rain, this fifty-minute color film is able to capture something more of the enthusiastic mood of the Finnish crowds, by comparison with the black and white of WHERE THE WORLD MEETS...
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White Vertigo
Directed by Giorgio Ferroni • 1956 • Italy
WHITE VERTIGO is one of the unexpected jewels of this Olympic films collection. The cinematography is by none other than Aldo Scavarda, who would film L'AVVENTURA for Michelangelo Antonioni three and a half years later. Director Giorgio Ferroni knows ho...
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Olympic Games, 1956
Directed by Peter Whitchurch • 1956 • Australia
OLYMPIC GAMES, 1956, directed by the documentarist Peter Whitchurch, was commissioned by the Organizing Committee for these Olympic Games. Historically, the film points to some encouraging situations in international affairs, with Hungary taking pa...
