United States Olympic Ski Team, Big Mountain Montana
United States Olympic Ski Team, Big Mountain Montana
Clip: 351131_1_1
Year Shot: 1951
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1557
Original Film: 024-437-05
HD: N/A
Location: Whitefish, Montana
Timecode: 00:27:35 - 00:28:48
United States Olympic Ski Team, Big Mountain Montana Big mountain tests the skill of america's best, both in slalom and downhill races. The course plunges 2,500 feet down almost perpendicularly. Fifty men and twenty women took part in a thrilling exhibition held during a blinding snowstorm. MLS Skiers and spectators milling around a skiing village. CU First skier going down the course. CU Hands holding stop watches. Skiers going down the course then it camera pulls back for a MLS of skiers skiing the slopes. MCU Spectators or judges backs to the camera, you can see the snow falling. MCU Spectators watching the race. MLS Skier taking a spill, fall. CU A couple watching the race, one is taking pictures.