The Basic Principles of Skiing (1941)
Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport, with advice on ski design, schussing, lacquer, wax and toe plates.
- Date of release
- 1941-01-04
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Otto Lang, John C. Jay
Casting
- Alan Ladd — Self
- John Woodward — Self
- Otto Lang — Self
- 15th Infantry Ski Patrol — Self
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