1If the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, aren’t enough to sate your appetite for international sport, then “100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012” ought to do the trick. Though the IOC commissioned all the films, they do not share a consistent tone or focus—save to display various athletic endeavors with pulsing vitality. Who knew tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900 through 1920? The same film also finds the tennis player René Lacoste (he of the shirt with the crocodile logo) playing a doubles match. It can represent a moment in history when an individual overcomes tremendous odds and disparate peoples across the globe cheer as one.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 20, 2018 22:41 UTC