Does anyone know or have videos of past great track races or know of a website where they could be viewed at? I am wondering about races of guys like Mills, Zatopek, Shorter, Pre, etc. I was watching Without Limits the other day and thought it would be interesting to see some of these races as they actually looked rather than just as a producer makes them out to be.
I posted a similar message last week and didn't receive any responses. Seems like this market is underserved, for surely there are other folks whould want to see such videos.
Interested to see some videos as well.
has a bunch.
http://www.mines.edu/Outreach/k12/mathcamp/BillyMills.show.htmlused to have the last lap of the '64 Oly 10k (Billy Mills) but is a dead link now. Don't know if it's still up anywhere.
http://www.kingofthemile.com/videos.htmlhas El G.
http://groups.msn.com/TheExtraMile/videofiles.msnwhas some stuff
http://www.ryunrunning.com/has Jim Ryun
and there's plenty more on the net if you want sprints, hurdles, throws, etc.
As far as VHS or DVD goes, here's a list of the best:
Olympia (
http://www.runningmovies.com/o.htm#154)
Invented the sports documentary as we know it.
The Olympiad Greatest Moments (
http://www.runningmovies.com/o.htm#156)
8-video collection of Bud Greenspan's documentaries. One tape has all the 800m and 1500m finals, another all the marathons, etc.
Tokyo Olympiad (
http://www.runningmovies.com/month2004.htm#January)
Another great documentary.
The Supermilers (
http://www.runningmovies.com/month2004.htm#April)
World record races. Difficult to find but well worth it.
Fire on the Track (
http://www.runningmovies.com/month.htm#January)
Prefontaine footage.
Also keep your eyes peeled to ESPN Classic's "Classic Sports Spectacular". They have a small number of shows they repeat and one of them is called "The Long-Distance Runner", with the Dream Miles, a few Pre races, and so forth. A great hour of 70s track!
J Squire,
Thank you! Excellent posting of resources.
Regards,
Jon
GO to iaaf.org forums, click on collectors corner, search for George Matthews email address, he has stuff
The Olympiad series has good track stuff...
16 Days of Glory has very good footage, including Coe v Ovett
Tokyo Olympiad: I agree that this one is excellent