SKIFULLY YOURS 1947 SKI RESORT PROMO FILM SUN VALLEY, IDAHO OTTO LANG HOLLYWOOD STARS 87994

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Dating to 1947, this film “Skifully Yours“ was produced by the Ford Motor Co. and directed by Jerry Webb and produced by Otto Lang. (Lang was a pioneering ski instructor who became one of the most famous skiers of his era. He taught Schneider's Arlberg Method and worked with many Hollywood stars at Sun Valley, Idaho.) The film is narrated by Dan McNamara (:25). The film was part of a series of Ford films that promoted driving destinations in the USA. The film opens with a list of ski resort areas in the US including North Conway in New Hampshire (:45), Lake Placid in New York, the Rockies in the middle-west, Alta in Utah, California’s many resorts (1:09), and in Sun Valley, Idaho (1:14). In the 1930s, Sun Valley was one of the world's most glamorous resort, and the first ever to offer ski lifts. Sun Valley rests at the foot of t