A sport is born

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Movie
Original title A sport is born
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1960
length 12 minutes
Rod
Director Richard Winik
script Martin Andrews
Script
production Leslie Winik
camera Peter Garbarini
Lewis P. Sandborn
cut Irving Oshman

A Sport Is Born is an American short film directed by Richard Winik in 1960.

action

Orange , Massachusetts is the birthplace of the new sport of skydiving . The film gives an introduction to the new sport. It shows the theoretical, three-hour course that new jumpers have to complete before their first jump. Here, among other things, they learn how to land correctly. The first jump of the new group follows. Afterwards, for the first time, recordings from helmet cameras that were taken during the jump and the first 30 seconds in free fall will be shown. A second jump shot leads to close-ups of another jumper, with both parachutists touching during the free fall. At the end there is a jump of nine professional parachutists who land on the green just before a restaurant not far from the airport, where they have ordered tables.

production

According to the opening credits, the recordings in free fall were made between July 12 and 20, 1960 and were shot by Lewis B. Sanborn. Other jumpers on the recordings are Dusty Smith and Steve Boyle. In total, material from five jumps was used in the film. The film's narrator is Chris Schenkel . A Sport Is Born first appeared in 1960. The original of the film no longer exists as Paramount destroyed all short films of the time. A copy of the film is among others in the American Museum of Sport Parachuting.

Awards

A Sport Is Born was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1961 .

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