Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Contents |
[Disk One] Doc Counsilman: making waves (56:46) -- Bonus interview footage (17:09) -- Follies (32:42). [Disk Two] Stroke analysis films (43:57) -- The oldest man in the sea (30:00) |
Summary |
"James 'Doc' Counsilman is known as the greatest swimming coach of all time, but he is much more than that. It's that story--of Doc the husband, father, friend and coach--that is the subject of WTIU's documentary Doc Counsilman: making waves. This two-disk DVD includes the program Doc Counsilman: making waves and WTIU's 1980 documentary The oldest man in the sea, recounting Doc's adventure swimming the English Channel. Also included in the set are some of Doc's home movies, bonus interview footage, and Doc's stroke analysis films. Though sports plays an important part in Making waves, as it did in Doc's life, this program tells the life story of Doc the man as well as the coach. It's about his 60-year marriage and partnership to his wife, Marge. It's about his heroic military career and how he survived being shot down over Yugoslavia in World War II It's about his joy and pain as a father. Finally, it's a story about dreams and how Doc Counsilman make them come true. While he was the Indiana University men's swimming coach, Counsilman's teams won 20 consecutive Big Ten Championships, 6 consecutive NCAA Championships, 72 individual NCAA titles, 272 Big Ten individual titles, and 47 Olympic medals. Later, at age 58, when Counsilman began experiencing the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, he again set out on what most outsiders considered an impossible task--he decided to swim the English Channel, becoming the oldest person to do so at the time."--package insert |
Notes |
"Production support provided by: The Indiana University Varsity Club; Joe Hunsaker, Chairman of Counsilman/Hunsaker and Associates; and the Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation."--container |
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No rating given |
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DVD. Region unspecified |
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Available for Deakin Univeristy Staff and Students only |
Subject |
Counsilman, James E.
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Swimming -- Coaching.
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Swimming coaches -- United States -- Biography.
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Swimming technique
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Swimming.
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Sports.
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Physical fitness.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Author |
Counsilman, James E.
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Kincaid, Jay.
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Morris, Kelly.
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WTIU (Television station : Bloomington, Ind.)
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