Video Library
Some of the dates are wrong, but great footage. Check out Otto Lang teaching on Mt. Rainier.
At Val Gardena. Last skier in this clip is Billy Kidd, who won the combined gold that year.
In the first alpine event of the 1968 Grenoble Olympics, Jean Claude Killy in bib 14 edged teammate Guy Perillat, bib 1, by .12 sec. Three days later he clinched the GS by 2.12 sec over Willy Favre of Switzerland, and five days after that sneaked by Austria's Herbert Huber by .09 sec in the slalom -- while Karl Schranz missed a gate in fog.
In the 1982 World Nordic Championship at Oslo, Norway tied with Russia for gold in the 4x10 relay. On the final leg, Oddvar Braa passed Aleksander Zavyalov -- knocking Zavylov to the snow. But the collision broke Braa's right pole. A bystander gave Braa a new pole, but Zavyolov had lurched to his feet and caught Braa at the finish line. The incident is legendary in Norway.
Half-hour interview with Otto Lang, pioneer ski instructor and Hollywood director. Glenn Miller music.
Der Schwarze Blitz (the black lighting) from Kitz escapes from a couple of cops in this clip from a feature film. After his racing career, Toni Sailer became a matinee idol in Austria.
At Bad Gastein, Sailer takes three gold medals and a silver; Lucille Wheeler wins two golds and a silver.
Before the Nosedive was widened, the infamous "seven turns" made racers intimate with the hardwood forest.
Christian Pravda's winning run at Are, Sweden, in the 1954 World Alpine Championships. With Anderl Molterer, Stein Eriksen and Martin Strolz. British Pathe newsreel.
Half-hour interview with Emile Allais, with historical film clips of Garmisch, Chamonix and Jean Vuarnet's gold medal run at Squaw Valley. In French.