People
Jesse Owens
Biography:
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He set three world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan—a feat that has never been equaled and has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport".
He achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning four gold medals: 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech as Self (archive footage) | 2016-07-15 |
Jesse Owens et Luz Long: le temps d'une étreinte as Self (archive footage) | 2015-06-10 |
Jesse Owens as Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-02 |
Black Power Salute as Self (archive footage) | 2008-07-09 |
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games as Self (archive footage) | 1999-08-12 |
Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Self (achive footage) | 1997-10-02 |
The Record Breakers as Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
Ace of Aces as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1982-10-27 |
Genocide as Self (archive footage) | 1982-03-14 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin as Host / Narrator | 1966-01-01 |
The Grand Olympics as Himself | 1961-05-26 |
The Century Is Fifty as Self (archive footage) | 1950-03-16 |
Olympic Cavalcade as Himself | 1948-12-03 |
Easy to Get as Self (archive footage) | 1947-07-10 |
The Negro Soldier as Himself | 1944-04-10 |
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations as Self (uncredited) | 1938-04-21 |