

The Basic Principles of Skiing
1941, English. Directed by Otto Lang & John C. Jay.
Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport, with advice on ski design, schussing, lacquer, wax and toe plates.
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- 0h 40m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 4 January 1941
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The Basic Principles of Skiing isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 January 1941. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Basic Principles of Skiing?
The Basic Principles of Skiing (1941) was directed by Otto Lang and John C. Jay and stars Alan Ladd, John Woodward, Otto Lang.