Courage To Succeed

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Texture Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: About Diana Nyad, champion marathon swimmer. The film follows Diana into the Hudson River for a first unsuccessful attempt to swim around Manhattan Island, then for a second try, a record-breaking triumph. Then we go to Dover, England where she prepares to swim the English Channel. A film about that inner drive which impels some people to try the nearly impossible, and also a film about the meaning of success and failure., Presents the efforts of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad to swim the English Channel which she plans to cross and then recross in 30 hrs. Emphasizes, as basic factors in an athlete's success, stamina and physical fitness, and, above all, the will to succeed.

Complete Record: About Diana Nyad, champion marathon swimmer. The film follows Diana into the Hudson River for a first unsuccessful attempt to swim around Manhattan Island, then for a second try, a record-breaking triumph. Then we go to Dover, England where she prepares to swim the English Channel. A film about that inner drive which impels some people to try the nearly impossible, and also a film about the meaning of success and failure., Presents the efforts of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad to swim the English Channel which she plans to cross and then recross in 30 hrs. Emphasizes, as basic factors in an athlete's success, stamina and physical fitness, and, above all, the will to succeed. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.