Films for classroom use (1954)

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BEAUTY AND THE BLADE 1 reel-B&W (20th Cent-Fox) 9 minutes Barbara Ann Scott is featured in some of the graceful and spectacular gyrations which won for her the Olympic figure skating championship. The concluding episodes are scenes from an ice show with Miss Scott skating the lead role. SKIING SKI FLIGHT (Warner Bros.) 1 reel-B&W 10 minutes Using slow motion sequences, Otto Lang demonstrates the six funda- mentals of skiing according to the Arleberg technique of the Hannes Schneider system. SKIING IS BELIEVING (Columbia) 1 reel-B&W News World of Sports Series 9 minutes Skiing enthusiasts board a snowtrain to their destination where they perform many downhill runs. MISCELLANEOUS CRADLE OF CHAMPIONS (Paramount) 1 reel-B&W Grantland Rice Sportlight 10 minutes This Sportlight is devoted to the training of youngsters in various sports including football, boxing, track and riding. MAKING THE VARSITY 1 reel-B&W (Paramount) 10 minutes This film provides interesting scenes of the year round sports activities at Yale. Sequences show candidates trying out for the football team on Anthony Thompson Field in the shadow of the famous Yale Bowl; baseball players practicing in the Coxe Memorial Cage; track and field athletes working out on Lapham Field; and swimmers, oarsmen and basketball players in action in the Payne-Whitney Gymnasium. SPORTS IMMORTALS (20th Cent.-Fox) 1 reel-B&W Sports Review Series 11 minutes Thumbnail biographies of famous sport figures, such as Red Grange, Helen Wills Moody, Knute Rockne, and Bobby Jones, among others. SPORT STAMINA (Columbia) 1 reel-B&W News World of Sports Series 9 minutes Short flashes of various athletic activities stress the need for endurance and fortitude in sports. 77