Evolution of the Australian crawl

The Australian crawl stroke is demonstrated and compared with other styles used in free style swimming. A series of re-enactments, using champions of the past and present, (Beaurepaire and Charlton) show the developments of the style from its first known use in Australia by Wickham. The film also demonstrates variations on the crawl stroke.

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Credits

producer/director

John Kingsford-Smith

production company

Kingcroft Productions

Duration

00:10:45:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

311866

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Aquatic sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Swimming - Technique

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1952

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