Sailing seems like a game to the uninitiated. What could be simpler than holding the helm and letting yourself go with the wind and the waves? This film, shot in a water sports centre, ends with a forced swim that required a serious apprenticeship.
Documentaries 50/60
PARÉ À VIRER (Ready to move)
Bertrand DUNOYER
1955
Version : French
Duration : 22'
Format : 35 mm.
Black & white
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country France
Duration : 22'
Format : 35 mm.
Black & white
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country France
Music
Jean WIENER
Picture Albert VIGUIER
Stage set Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Prize list Diplôme d'Honneur au 12 ° Concours Intl. du Film Sportif - Cortina d'Ampezzo - 1956
Picture Albert VIGUIER
Stage set Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Prize list Diplôme d'Honneur au 12 ° Concours Intl. du Film Sportif - Cortina d'Ampezzo - 1956
Archive footage
- Participants arrive, suitcases in hand, for a sailing course,
- Assembling and installing hammocks,
- How to tie a knot,
- The bell rings to start the course and sailing lessons are given on the blackboard,
- A child sculling a boat, and young rowers,
- Outdoor gymnastics session,
- Young people in a whaleboat in calm weather and swell,
- Boat listing and beginners capsizing,
- One-design regattas.
- Assembling and installing hammocks,
- How to tie a knot,
- The bell rings to start the course and sailing lessons are given on the blackboard,
- A child sculling a boat, and young rowers,
- Outdoor gymnastics session,
- Young people in a whaleboat in calm weather and swell,
- Boat listing and beginners capsizing,
- One-design regattas.