The Great Zamperini

A short documentary of the amazing story of Louis Zamperini, American Olympian and World War II POW who survived unbelievable adversity against all odds. This was produced by CBS Sports as part of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, narrated by CBS News’ Bob Simon. This feature won the Outstanding Achievement Emmy Award that year. It later became the impetus for the best selling book “Unbroken,“ now a major motion picture.