Survival run

Presents the determination and cooperation between a blind man (Harry Cordellos) and his sighted partner (Mike Restani) when they took on the grueling Dipsea cross-country race over the California mountains and through rain forests. “The Dipsea Race is like life. You don’t win it…you survive it.” Harry Cordellos.

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Credits

production company

Pyramid Films

Magus Films

producer

Joaquin Padro

director

Robert Charlton

Duration

00:11:34:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014735

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blind orientation and mobility

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Cross-country running

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Marathon running

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1979

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