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Springboard to the Sun
196427 min 25 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jean Dansereau
Production: Jacques Bobet
Script: Denys ArcandJean Le Moyne
At the 4th Pan-American Games at São Paulo, Brazil, gymnastic teams from North, South and Central America demonstrate a perfection of grace, form and strength that will inspire every audience to fresh appreciation of gymnastics. The film shows events in which Canadian teams competed and in which Wilhelm Weiler won a gold medal for Canada.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > CompetitionsGames and SportsGymnastics
- Developing Countries > South America
Credits
- director
- Jean Dansereau
- executive producer
- Jacques Bobet
- script
- Denys Arcand
- Jean Le Moyne
- camera
- Bernard Gosselin
- Georges Dufaux
- sound
- Claude Pelletier
- sound editing
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Robert Fleming