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Olympic Swimmers
196327 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gilles Carle
Production: Jacques Bobet
Shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. In gymnasium and pool, under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practise long hours to build strength and stamina. Their first test, shown in the film, was at the 1962 Canadian Swimming Championships, at which they carried off a number of trophies.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure - Water Sports > Athletic Training and PerformanceCompetitionsSwimming
- Foreign Countries > Japan
- Sports and Leisure > Olympic and Commonwealth Games
Credits
- director
- Gilles Carle
- producer
- Jacques Bobet
- executive producer
- Jacques Bobet
- photography
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- Jean-Claude Labrecque
- sound
- Claude Pelletier
- Werner Nold
- editing
- Marc Beaudet
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- narrator
- Bill Davies