Film Record: Skis Over Skoki

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

John C. Jay, Jr.

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Eleventh Annual Little Movie Party, 1940

Description:

"Filmed by John C. Jay, Jr., ACL, of Williams College, Skis Over Skoki was shown recently at the Eleventh Annual Show of Amateur Motion Pictures, sponsored by Duncan MacD. Little, ACL. Mr. Jay's film, which is 400 feet of 16mm. Kodachrome, accompanied by sound on disc, was made for the Canadian Pacific Railway and will be shown by them to major ski clubs throughout the country. The film outlines a short story of a girl who, having grown bored with the usual mountain trails, leaves her guide during one of the downhill runs and starts over treacherous territory alone. How she ends her journey and what happens en route are shown by Mr. Jay in some of his finest pictures of skiing, a field in which he is an expert. He has made several films of skiing in the past" Movie Makers, June, 1940, 279.

Locations:

• Skoki Mountain, Alberta (Filming)

Subjects:

•           Skiing
•           Mountains
•      Canada

Genre:

• Adventure
• Sports

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Eleventh Annual Little Movie Party, 1940: Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, New York, NY

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