Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00Jim Thorpe, I haven't seen that level of greatness in so many sports.

00:04And yet, not many people remember his name.

00:07Growing up on the reservation, he liked challenging his own body.

00:11That was like a natural cross training.

00:14Jim Thorpe was made for football.

00:17He's running.

00:18He's kicking.

00:19He's tackling.

00:21Jim plays every minute of the game, offense and defense.

00:24Jim Thorpe is at the top of his game, and yet he was about to level up again.

00:28His achievement at the Stockholm Olympics, I haven't seen that level of greatness.

00:33The gold medals were taken away from him.

00:35It was an enormous injustice.

00:38Americans didn't see indigenous peoples as human beings.

00:43He really created that sport.

00:46He was the greatest athlete of all time, and one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

00:52Jim Thorpe, lit by lightning, premieres Monday, July 7th at 8th, part of History Honors 250.

00:58Only on the History Channel.

00:59Only on the History Channel.