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The Grand Olympics
The Grand Olympics

The Grand Olympics (1961)

56% User Rating
2h 22min
Documentary

"The most colorful pageant of sports in film!"

Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.

Romolo MarcelliniDirector

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Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

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Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

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Rafer Johnson

Rafer Johnson

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John XXIII.

John XXIII.

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Ralph Boston

Himself

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Wilma Rudolph

Self (uncredited)

King Constantine II

King Constantine II

Self (uncredited)

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Collection

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Includes: The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912, The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games, The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece, The Olympic Games in Paris 1924, The White Stadium, The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928, The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, Youth of the World, First, Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory, The Everlasting Flame, Bud Greenspan’s Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory, Bud Greenspan’s Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory, Salt Lake City 2002: Stories of Olympic Glory, Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory, Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory, Atlanta’s Olympic Glory, Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory, Marathon, One Light, One World, Beyond All Barriers, Hand in Hand, Seoul 1988, Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory, 16 Days of Glory, A Turning Point, O Sport, You Are Peace!, Olympic Spirit, Games of the XXI Olympiad, White Rock, Visions of Eight, Sapporo Winter Olympics, The Olympics in Mexico, 13 Days in France, Snows of Grenoble, Tokyo Olympiad, Sensation of the Century, IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964, The Grand Olympics, People, Hopes, Medals, The Horse in Focus, Alain Mimoun, The Melbourne Rendezvous, Olympic Games 1956, White Vertigo, Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952, Gold and Glory, Where the World Meets, The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952, XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport, Fight Without Hate