See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

Skating Lady. (9 min) 10-year license ! —$40. RKO. • Champion sliater, Gretchen Merrill, \ demonstrates the championship form in figure skating. Ski Champion. (9 min) 10-year license —$40. RKO. • Rudolf Rominger, three times world champion skier, stages a breath-taking demonstration of fine skiing. I Ski Chase. (24 min) Hoffberg, IntF. i • Europe's finest skiers perform mi- I raculous stunts in Alpine peaks with ' thrills and comedy intermixed. Fea- ! tures Hannes Schneider, world-famous j skiing expert. ' Ski de France. (24 min) loan. Sale—■ , $85; rent—$10. AF Films. • World-famous French skier, James • Couttet, demonstrates the French ski ! technique in downhill, sideslipping, ' Christiania and other maneuvers. , Couttet utilizes drawings to show cor- rect positions. Narration is in French. ■Ski Flight. (10 min). Rent. TFC. • Otto Lang demonstrates six funda- mentals of skiing, using the Alberg ■ technique of the Hannes Schneider ■ system. Long shots and close-ups. ; Ski Gulls. (9 min) 10-year license— , $40. RKO. ' • A display of top skiing form by ' America's best skiers. Ski Holiday. (9 min) 10-year license— ■ $40. RKO. • Breath-taking scenes of skiing in the Swiss Alps. Ski Master. (9 min) 10-year license— $40. RKO. • Hannes Schneider demonstrates his • skiing techniques while teaching stu- dents in New Hampshire. Ski Novice. (9 min) color—$85; B & j W—$32.50. HL, SFL rent: Assn. i • niustrates skiing from a novice's ' point of view. Emphasis is equally di- vided between comedy provided by beginners and the "know-how" of proper skiing. Directed and photo- graphed by l3r. Frank Howard. Ski Pilot. (10 min) Vesco. • Skiing performances. Instructive se- quences plus humorous incidents on "how not to do it." A Grantland Rice Sportlight. Ski Pro's Holiday. (16 min) color; rent. Telefilms. • A musical score alone, without aid from a voice track, heightens the ex- citement of this film, which pictures four professional skiers going through a breath taking run at Banff National Park. Ski in Quebec. (20 min) color; loan. Quebec TB. • Exhibits parallel skiing, the French technique of Henri Oreiller, Olympic champion. This same technique is the one taught at Quebec skiing schools Ski Revels. (10 min) Castle, Davis. • Skiing in neck-deep snow with highly instructive portions on the fine arts of training, jumping, stopping, and re- maining erect. Exciting skijoring scenes with horse and automobile. European ski troopers, and distance jumping. ! Ski Safari. (9 min) color—$85; B & I: W—$32.50. HL, SFL : • Expert skiers follow the sport from Sun Valley to Yosemite National Park and Mount Lassen. Slalom races, cross- country races, and championship jump- ing are all recorded. Directed by Dr. Frank Howard. Ski Skill. (10 min) loan. NFB. • Shots of various ski maneuvers— from the elementary to the difficult. Demonstrations by an expert of the snow-plow, the sideslip, the Christies, and the Ruade. The camera records a party of skiers on a day in the Laurentian hills, including ski-tow scenes. Sequences of jumping, cross- country, and down-hill run. Ski Techniques for the 1950's. (10 min) color. Sale—$75; rent—$2.50. Howard. • Basic skiing techniques are demon- strated in the scenic Sugar Bowl. In- cludes all techniques approved by the Western Association of Ski Instructors. Ski Trails. (9 min) 10-year license— $40. RKO. • Shows men and women skiing cham- pions plus action by the Army Ski Troops. Ski Thrills. (10 min) color—$90; B & W—$49. SM. • The many forms of skiing are illus- trated as skiers sweep down the slopes of the high Sierras. Spills and sus- pense are the keynotes of action. Fea- tures a group of teen-agers. Ski Thrills of Norway. (10 min) 16si —$9.90; 16sd—$17.50. NuArt. • Complex skiing maneuvers such as Christiana and Immellmann turns are demonstrated by champion skiers. Ski Tips. (22 min) color; loan. Aetna. • Tells the story of safe skiing prac- tices for experts and novices alike and portrays the work of the National Ski Patrol System. Shows examples of all classes of skiing, filmed at Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Ski in the Valley of the Saints. (20 min) color; loan. NFB. • Instructors in skiing from Switzer- land, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Norway, and Canada demonstrate their skill. Winter sports in the Laurentian hills are depicted throughout this film. Scenes of a cross-country run by a party of skiers are included. Ski Wings. (11 min). Rent. Telefilm. • Featuring the famous Eng brothers, this film deals with the fundamental skills of skiing and includes some ex- cellent "ski-eye" shots taken by skiers. Photographed at Alta, Utah, the cast also is made up of students from the University of Utah. Skifully Yours. (23 min) color; loan. Ford. • The Sun Valley, Idaho, winter re- sort provides a setting for skiing dem- onstrations by Olympic stars. Skiing Is Fun. (22 min) color; loan. Yosemite. • "How to ski" as taught in the Yose- mite Ski School is the subject of this instructive film. Skiing on Your Feet. (9 min) sale— $30; rent—$3.50. Hoffberg. • 'The beginning skier gains confidence through the examples of fearless youngsters. Scenic views and proficient instruction by experts. Photographed in the Tyrolean Alps. Narration by Andre Baruch. Apply Directly to Sources: for all films listed in these pages, apply di- rectly to the keyed sources appearing at the end of these listings and de- noted by abbreviations following each film title. Skyline Skiing. (11 min) color; loan. CPRR. • Where the powder snow lies deep in the mountainous area around Lake Louise and Banff in Canada, skiing is at its best, as here portrayed. Slalom. (67 min) sale—$300. Hoffberg. • A full-length German production with skiers and bobsledders hurtling down the St. Moritz slopes in Switzer- land. Such stars as Hannes Schnee- berger in action in this artistically- filmed production. Snow Eagles. (9 min) 10-year license —$40. RKO. • Sun Valley, Idaho, provides the set- ting for some championship skiing. Snow Hills of Quebec. (10 min) 16si only; color; loan. CPRR. • Skiers fly through the snow in the Laurentian hills near Quebec. Photo- graphed in natural color. Snow Thrills. (10 min) 16sd—$21.75; 16si—$9.75. Castle. Rent: GFS. • Breathtaking shots of daredevils as they hurtle along at a 60-miles-per- hour clip on bobsleds. Scenes of ski- joring behind horse and auto. The Song of the Ski. (18 min) color; loan. NFB. • Skiing in the Laurentians, Quebec, at Huntsville, Ontario, and in Jasper National Park. The commentator re- peats Wilson MacDonald's "Song of the Ski," fitting each line to the swift motion on the screen. Sun Valley Holiday. (20 min) color; loan. UP. • Illustrates skiing facilities in Sun Valley, but also stresses other activi- ties to attract non-skiers to the famous vacationland. Sun Valley Ski Chase, (feature-length) 16si—$9.75; 16sd—$19.75. Official. • One skier, who is the hare, followed by the other skiers, who are the hounds, leads them on a breath-taking chase with jumps, turns, slalom and speed, down Sun Valley's glistening ski trails. Sunshine Skiing. (15 min) 16si only; color; loan. CPRR. • Color shots of proficient skiers as they take to the snow in Sunshine Valley. Swiss on White. (11 min) 16sd— $17.50; 16si—$8.75. Nu-Art. • St. Moritz, popular Swiss winter re- sort, is the locale for demonstrations by Sonja Henie and other profes- sionals in a winter carnival. Ski jump- ing and bobsledding are included. Narration by Don Beddoe. Winter Setting. (9 min) 10-year li- cense—$40. RKO. • A variety of winter sports scenes from Sun Valley, Idaho. Winter Sports. (10 min) Official, Assn. • A variety of sports such as bobsled- ding, tobogganning, ice-skating, and snow-trotting are to be found in Canada during the winter months. Winter Wonderland. (12 min) sale: $14.97. Castle, Assn. • The National Parks and Forests of America are among the world's most celebrated winter playgrounds. This film will take the audience from the Alleghenies to the Rockies in what is a roving winter-recreation assignment. Produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sports Film Guide 35 I