Style of champions: the Australian crawl

John Konrads discusses training for championship swimming, particularly the Australian Crawl, showing leading Australian swimmers in action, methods of several coaches and scenes illustrating the popularity of swimming in Australia generally

Credits

production company

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

producer

John Martin-Jones

director

Cecil Holmes

Duration

00:18:25:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010389

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Swimming - Training

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Coaching

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Technique

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Training

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1970

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