TCM Schedule for Monday July 19, 2021 - 100 Years of Olympic Films

As the Tokyo Olympics approach, it's a full day of Olympic documentaries.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 (2016)
Documentary | TV-PG
The V Olympiad in Stockholm, Sweden, 1912.
Director: Adrian Wood.

8:00 am The White Stadium (1928)
Documentary | TV-G
Director: Dr. Arnold Fanck. Cast: Sepp Allgeier, Hans Schneeberger

10:15 am XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)
Documentary | TV-G
This is a documentary about the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, England.
Director: Castleton Knight. Cast: Ted Husing, Glenn Morris, Jesse Owens

1:00 pm White Vertigo (1956)
Director: Giorgio Ferroni. Cast: Toni Sailer

3:00 pm Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
2h 34m | Documentary | TV-G
Cameras capture both audience and athletes attending the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Director: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Jack Douglas, Shigeo Hayashida

6:00 pm Visions of Eight (1973)
1h 45m | Documentary
Eight noted directors document the Olympic games that took place at Munich in 1972.
Director: Milos Forman. Cast: Dede Allen, Catherine Bernard, Daniel Booly

8:00 pm Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977)
1h 59m | Documentary | TV-PG
Footage of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Director: Jean-claude Labrecque. Cast: Nadia Comaneci, Caitlyn Jenner, Jean Baudin

10:15 pm 16 Days of Glory (1986)
5h | Children | TV-G
Highlights of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, California.
Director: Bud Greenspan. Cast: Nawal El-moutawakil, Sara Simeoni, Carl Lewis

3:15 am Marathon (1993)
2h | Documentary
The acclaimed Spanish filmmaker chronicles the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Director: Carlos Saura. Cast: Larry Bird, Jackie Joyner-kersee, Javier Aguirresa

5:30 am First (2012)
Documentary
Director: Caroline Rowland. Cast: Missy Franklin, Chad Le Clos, John Orozco