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Matthias Zdarsky began teaching his own technique for alpine skiing at Lilienfeld, near Vienna, in 1896. This commemorative film recreates his equipment, technique and teaching methods.
Directed by ski-film pioneer Arnold Fanck, this 1928 drama features Leni Riefenstahl and Luis Trenker, with Hannes Schneider as "The Mountain Guide." This is the downhill racing segment, and it looks like Schneider dropping the flag for the geschmozzel start.
Video magic shows Franz Klammer and Bernhard Russi head-to-head -- a classic duel.
Ingemar Stenmark's Olympic victories -- this is the best of alpine skiing in the final years of bamboo gates.
The first lifts rolled at Tod Mountain in 1961. Now called Sun Peaks, the resort offers some of British Columbia’s most challenging inbounds skiing. The 3,678-acre ski area is 30 miles to the northeast of Kamloops, B.C.
From the Musee du ski Laurentides -- an assortment of how-to-do-it clips by Canadian ski instructors and racers.
Stunts, including some fleeting shots of Stein Eriksen, and powder skiing -- apparently from all over Europe and North America.
This collection of clips was compiled by Bela Vadasz, who with his wife Mimi ran a climbing and backcountry skiing guide service at Donner Pass until his death in 2015. In the first segment, probably shot in the late 1920s, a group (possibly from San Francisco) appears to have gotten off the train at the Western Portal snow shed, and climb onto terrain later developed as the Sugar Bowl ski area. Later, there are clips of cars unloading at Soda Springs. It wasn't until the early 1930s that the state began to plow the Donner Pass road, so this footage probably dates from around 1933 or '34.
A 1941 training film shows how the 10th Mountain instructor corps taught beginners to ski a modified Arlberg progression. A segment from "Basic Principles of Alpine Skiing." Directed by Otto Lang and Hannes Schneider. Skiers include Sgt. Walter Prager and Pvt. John Jay.