Fitness for sport

United Kingdom, 1978

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Episode of Series “Sports training film series”.
This film shows how to attain the basic physical fitness which all sportsmen need for success - whatever their sport. More than fifty exercises are demonstrated and a squad of athletes is taken through a training session devised by a former Polish Olympic athlete to develop mobility, elastic strength and endurance. Written and narrated by Ron Pickering.

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Credits

producer

Elizabeth Isaacs

production company

Dan Productions

Duration

00:18:32:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1978

Appears in

Sports training film series

Group of items

Sports training film series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323494

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Physical education and training

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physical fitness

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletes

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Athletics

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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