Winter Sports by the Matterhorn

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Burlet Films

Description: "Winter Sports by the Matterhorn" is a 1960 film by Jb. Burlet at Zurich-based Burlet Films and a music score by the noted Swiss composer Walter Baumgartner looking at snow / sport fun in the Alps. It opens with title cards in English, French, and German. 00:31 Sweeping views of the Matterhorn mountain. 00:51 Winter sports enthusiasts ice skate on a man-made ice rink in front of a resort at the foot of the mountain. A skater performs upright and sit spins. Another leaps and twirls. A third produces a high speed upright spin. 01:41 Several people engage in curling, sliding curling stones across the ice to a target as sweepers with brooms wipe the trajectory path. A final stone nears the house center. 02:36 Ski chair lift carries skiers up the mountain. Others are pulled up the mountain by a tow rope surface lift. A tram carries more skiers to the top of the slope. 03:03 Skiers alight the tram, organize their gear, step into their skis, pull on gloves. A line of skiers ski down the piste, bending and curving along the path. 03:59 A title card announces a self-service restaurant. 04:03 The chalet-style restaurant is filled with hungry skiers. They sit outside and rest. Hot drinks are served. 04:25 Children play in the snow, practice skiing. 04:38 A sign announces “Swiss Ski School.” Adult students practice techniques and basic moves such as pushing off and skid stops. They practice proper and safe ways to fall, to turn, and to maneuver, steer, and control. 05:07 A line of skiers skillfully ascend a steep slope and come to a skidding stop. They take of their skis and board a cable car that shuttles them up the mountain. 05:58 More skiers in a line descend an advanced skier’s slope. They jump over hills and masterfully descend the mountain at high speed, snow kicking up as they twist and turn in the traverse position. 07:04 END

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv6C0OKFe0s

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