Film Record: Racing Stars

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Frederick C. Harshbarger

Languages:

English

Format:

format unknown

Sound Notes:

Unknown

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1964

Description:

"Racing Stars tells the story of a contest of boating enthusiasts in the Star class of sail boats. The Star is used primarily for racing, is about 23 feet long, has a keel with a 900 pound weight at the bottom, and carries only two sails, a main and a jib. Standards assure similarity of boats, of which there are about 5000 in all parts of the world. An animated diagram shows how Star boats follow the prescribed course in a contest An excellent commentary with superb photography keeps this picture moving with never a let-up, and any landlubber can smell the sea air by the time the picture ends" PSA Journal, Sept. 1964, 50.

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
•      Boats and Boating
•           Sailing

Genre:

• Documentary

Screenings:

• Tuesday November 16, 1965, for a PSA Ten Best screening presented by the Harrisburg Camera Club (Lebanon Daily News, Nov 11, 1965, 23): Harrisburg, PA
• Monday, April 19, 1965 for PSA's Ten Best presented by the Cincinnati Movie Club (Cincinnati Enquirer, Apr. 4, 1965, 69): Cincinnati, OH

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