Video Library
ISHA Award 2022: A history of ski art in the form of 36 artist profiles.
ISHA Awards 2022: The 120-year history of Ski Club Arlberg.
ISHA Award 2022: A history of skiing in the Pacific Northwest
In 1951, Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge got a unique aerial tramway consisting of modified city buses crawling along steel cables. At just over three miles long, it was the longest aerial tram in the world, and attracted a lot of attention. But the lift closed for good just five years later. What led to the commercial failure of this spectacular technical leap forward? Peter Dribble's 12-minute film explains.
ISHA Award-winning film featuring small, independent ski resorts that preserve the community spirit of skiing. 34 minutes, Teton Gravity Research.
ISHA Award Winner, from Blue Danube Productions, 2021. 24 minutes, in German
A 90-minute film covering the highlights of the Games, including skating, hockey, ski jumping, cross-country, biathlon, luge and bob, and, of course, some of the most dramatic Alpine events ever filmed. Downhill at 13:20 men) and 37:00 (women), GS at 54:20 (men) and 1:09.30 (women), slalom at 1:03.28 (women) and 1:21.40 (men). Narration in French.
Dick Barrymore's 1971 release uses footage shot over a five-year period. Highlights of the 90-minute film include Jean Claude Killy winning the 1966 FIS downhill championship in Portillo (Guy Perillat threw a ski on the final bump), and 15 minutes of powder, bumps and jumps in Aspen, featuring Tom LeRoy, John Clendenin, Bob Smith, and Barrymore's future wife Betsy Glenn. Restored and digitized by Phonotone Movies.
2021 ISHA Film Award: This 34-minute video from Teton Gravity Research profiles half a dozen independent, mostly family-owned and -operated ski areas across the United States.