An Athletics Compendium

Film <&Television jL 355 -363 Vilm& Television 355 Sports inview / edited bPyeter Dimmock. London: Faber, 1964. 189p; illus BL : X.449/437 A team ofcommentators write about their sports in relation to television. The chapter on athletics is contributed by David Coleman. 356 Games and sets: the changing face of sport on television / Steven Barnett. London: BFI Publishing, 1990. 214p; illus; index Bibliographyp: 207-208 ISBN: 0-85170-267-8 (cased) • 0-85170-268-6 (pbk) BL:YK.1990.a.6525 A perceptive study of the increasingly close link between sport and television, with some acute observations on early developments. 357 Television in the Olympics / Miquel de Moragas Spa, Nancy K. Rivenburgh,amJes F. Larson, in cooperation with researchers from 25 countries. London: Libbey, 1995. xvii, 276p; illus; pbk Bibliographyp:267-276 ISBN: 0-86196-538-8 BL:YK.1996.b.8094 Primarily an in-depth investigation of television coverage at t1h9e92 Barcelona Gamebsu, t provides much historical data. The three areas covered by th book are: economic, organisationaland technological infrastructures for Olympic television: communicating culture, Olympism and politics in the opening ceremony: and the viewing experience. Athletics coverage receives particularly significant treatment in chapters a6nd 11. ^ Additional Keferences 358The films of Leni Riefenstahl/ David B.Hinton. London; Scarecrow, 1978. v, 162p; illus; index Bibliography:p152-157 ISBN: 0-8108-1141-3 BL: X.989/52859 The author states in his preface, 'WhenI met Jesse Owens some timaefter publication of the first edition, he could hardly restrainhis show ofaffection foLr eni Riefenstahl. As a "star" of the film, he knew that "Olympia" is not, asdescribed by one popular movie guidebook, a "glorificationof the Nazi state", but an international celebration of athletic competition.' Hinton concludes, 'As one critic has observed, "Olympia" canbe seen as a complete reversal, if not a refutation, of whwatas shown in "Triumph of thWe ill".' Subsequent ed. L361 359 Sport inthe movies / RonalBdergan. London: Proteus, 1982. 160p; illus; index ISBN: 0-86276-031-3 (cased) • 0-86276-017-8 (pbk) BL: X.622/15933 Chapter 6(Olympia!) provides briefsynopses omf any films devoted mainly or entirely to track and field. 360 Leni Riefenstahl and Olympia / Cooper C. Graham. London: Scarecrow, 1986. xi, 323p; illus; index (Filmmakers; no. 13) Bibliography:p294-310 ISBN: 0-8108-1896-5 BL: YC.1988.a.l918 361 The films of Leni Riefenstahl/ David B. Hinton; foreword by Anthony Slide. 2nd ed. London: Scarecrow, 1991. xii, 175p; illusi;ndex (Filmmakers; no. 29) Filwography:pi54-162; bibliography:p 163-168 ISBN: 0-8108-2505-8 BL: YC.1993.a.363 ^ Previous ed. L358 362 Olympia / Taylor Downing. LondBonF:I Publishing, 1992. 96p; illus; pbk (BFI film classics) Bibliographyp:96 ISBN: 0-85170-341-0 BL: YC.1993.a.532 This monograph is devoted to what, ovesrixty years after its release, is still regarded as the meieterwerk in the field oOf lympic cinema, the recoordf the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Leni Riefenstahl. Abrief survey of 'The Olympics on film l&OG-^SZ' is followed by a resume of Riefenstahl's career before she made Olympia, and details of the film's production and finance. 363 Sport on filmand video: the North American Socifeotry Sport History guide / Judith A. Davidson, editor and compiler andDaryl Alder, compiler. London: Scarecrow, 1993. 194p; index ISBN; 0-8108-2739-5 BL; YC.1994.b.2495 Films included range from generailnterest to specific historical, sociological and psychological topics in sport, but primarily instructiofnilaml s and commercial films are excluded. aIdndition to a guide to using the filmography, four indexes are provided: title, distributor, name and topic. [ 185 ]