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

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 the Sawtooth mountain range and footage here includes horse drawn carriages, lodges and inn’s for vacationers (1:30) as well as dogs sleds and ice skiers (1:46). Bus systems cart tourists from the lodges to the area’s half dozen lifts (2:11). Gary Cooper is shown getting on the chair lift. Fred Eastman is seen conducting a beginner’s class (2:33). Proper attire during normal conditions include a wool shirt, sweater and a windbreaker (2:43). A participant of the class puts on googles which protect the eyes from snow blindness (3:04). One woman in the class falls and struggles to get back on her skis (3:33) and another who lost one of her skis is…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/87994-skifully-yours)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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