Tokyo

Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad

2008

Here's a Special Edition DVD that captures the most dramatic and exciting moments from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the competition was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Ten thousand five hundred athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports. The 2008 Summer Olympics did bring athletes from around the world together as they competed for the bronze, silver and gold medals. More importantly, television coverage united citizens from all nations, who rooted for their own countrymen as well as the world's best athletes. These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition, and did garner upwards of four billion viewers. This exclusive highlights DVD features the greatest athletes in the world, united in the most important competition of their lifetimes.

Les Champions d'Hitler

2016

In the three years leading up to the Olympics, the Nazi regime saw sport as an invaluable mobilisation and propaganda tool to motivate the `master race'. Whether sympathisers or followers, German athletes went along with it; however, a number of them came to regret their decisions.

London 2012: Gymnastics - Going for the Gold

2012

At the 1996 Atlanta Games, the Magnificent Seven became the first American women to ever win gymnastics team gold. Sixteen years later, in London, the Fierce Five joined them in the history books. Relive all the excitement as Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross take the lead from the first rotation and never look back on their way to gold. Follow Gabby Douglas on her way to the podium to make it three straight American gold medals in the individual all-around competition. Every individual event final is featured on this DVD, including Aly Raisman's historic gold-medal performance in the floor exercise, her bronze on the balance beam, as well as McKayla Maroney's silver medal in the vault.

Gymnasten Som Lärde Sig Gå

2014

He was 19 years old and promising gymnast. But one volt went wrong, one in a hundred thousand, and he broke his neck. Never go again, the doctors thought. And never again breathe on your own, without a respirator.

Sovětští gymnasté v Praze

1949

La Gymnastique, l’ombre avant la Lumière - Partie 2 “En route vers Tokyo”

2023

Lingiade

1951

Short film about a gymnastics event

Broken Inside: The Toxic Culture of Canadian Gymnastics

2022

Gymnastics is widely known as a sport of grace, talent, and precision, but increasingly, athletes are coming forward to warn that it’s also rife with abusive behavior – leaving scars that may never heal. A special co-production between Crave, TSN, and CTV’s W5, the documentary follows Rick Westhead as he speaks with Canadian athletes aiming to break the silence on a culture of abuse.

13 824

1980

Sports in the Indian Army

1910

A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.

Karolyi

2016

A look at Martha and Bela Karolyi's remarkable story that traces generations of gymnastics' most memorable tales, moments and champions.

La Gymnastique, l’ombre avant la Lumière - Partie 1

2019

We Love Life

2022

A documentary composed from propaganda films, personal videos, and found footage from the largest mass gymnastics exhibits in history, the Spartakiads in communist Czechoslovakia.

Gym College

1955

In this Sportscope series entry, members of the Florida State University gymnastics team demonstrate their athletic skills.

Wenn die bunten Fahnen wehen...

1953

Documentary on the Federal Sports Festival in Hamburg in August of 1953.

Stick It

2006

Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once there, Haley's rebellious attitude wins her both friends and enemies.