The Art of Skiing (1941)

John McLeish: Narrator

Quotes 

• Narrator : Incidentally, if you happen to smell something out of the ordinary, don't be alarmed. It's only fresh air.

• Narrator : [as Goofy, head stuck inside a boot, is hanging from a cliff]  Skiing is quite simple once you get the hang of it.

• [Goofy, having leapt from a ski jump, goes flying through the air and ultimately crashes through a window and lands his own bed, fast asleep] 

  Narrator : After a vigorous day in the open, the skier never has any trouble falling to sleep.

• Narrator : The schuss, or downhill run: it is the quickest way to get to the bottom. It is so name because of its peculiar sound: SCHUSS!

  [Goofy is seen demonstrating this and zooms down the hill at a high speed] 

• Narrator : Skiing, pronounced "shee-ing", is a sport that appeals especially to the rugged, wide awake, out-of-doors individual--

  [the alarm clock goes off and wakes Goofy. Goofy covers his ears with a night cap. His eyes pop open, and he sleepily closes them again, crawling out of bed. The narrator clears his throat] 

  Narrator : --Who leaps from his bed at sunup, in joyous anticipation to the thrills that lie in store for him.

• [first lines] 

  Narrator : Skiing is fast becoming the most popular of all winter sports. And small wonder, for there is no finer conquest then that of a mountain clad in its glorious winter mantle of glittering white.

• Narrator : And now that thrill of thrills, the ultimate goal of every ambitious skier: the ski jump.

  [Goofy starts the jumps, giving the Goofy holler. His skis slip off of his feet in mid-jump] 

  Narrator : Ever faster and faster, a vertical human bullet. Ah, the exhilaration of it: the flight through the air with the grace and beauty of a bird on the wing. Perfectly balanced. A complete master of his own destiny.

• Narrator : Ode to a mountain, quote: "Oh, kingly mountain, draped in royal raiment white, with countless jewels bedecked in dazzling splendor, yet silent as the night." Unquote.

• Narrator : How, technically, to get up. First, get the skis together. Place them parallel and across the down-slope to prevent slipping. Then place both poles across your body. Now pull your skis under your body and gently push up. You are now in an upright position.