Legends of American Skiing ( Original Uncut Version, 78 min, 1982)

Legends of American Skiing follows the evolution of Alpine skiing from its rough andtumble days in the High Sierras in the mid1800s to the 1936 winter Games when skiing first became an Olympic Toni Matt, the only man ever to ski straight down the nearvertical headwall on Mount Sun Valley when it was only a first Aspen when it was still a mining town. Thrilling authentic footage and accounts by those who were there. A Film by Richard Moulton Ski Pioneers in order of appearance: Sel Hannah: Captain of the 1935 Dartmouth Ski Team. Formed Sno Engineering which laid out hundreds of ski resorts. Bill Berry: A journalist who made a lifelong study of skiing in Californias High Sierras from the gold rush of 1849 on. Lowell Thomas: media journalist whose love for skiing led him to promote the sport and invest in many of the first ski resorts. Charlie Proctor: 1928 Olympian and Dartmouth ski great who together w