LEARN TO SWIM (REVISED 1949)

Beginning title: “LEARN TO SWIM. REVISED 1949”; [credits]; “PART ONE”; “CONFIDENCE”; “SWIMMING IS AN EDUCATIVE PROCESS AND PART OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION”; This film is based on the book “The Teaching of Swimming”, issued by the New Zealand Education Department; “SWIMMING INSTRUCTION CAN BE GIVEN UNDER MANY CONDITIONS IN NEW ZEALAND. CHILDREN LEARN TO SWIM NOT ONLY IN BATHS, BUT ALSO IN MINERAL SPRINGS OR AT LOCAL BEACHES”; “A FOOT BATH SHOULD BE USED BEFORE CHILDREN ENTER WATER.”; the first step in learning to swim is gaining confidence; “MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE WATER”; “SUBMARINES”; “POP GOES THE WEASEL”; “STARFISH”; “THESE SHALLOW POOLS GIVE CONFIDENCE TO TIMID CHILDREN AND YET ALLOW FOR ALL TYPES OF CHILDREN”; “TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND BREATHE OUT BY COUNTING TO FIVE”; “BREATHE OUT THROUGH THE NOSE AND MOUTH”; “NOW, UNDER WATER”; “ALLOW YOUR BREATH TO OOZE OUT STEADILY. DON’T BLOW - LET IT FLOW”; “GO DOWN WITH YOUR EYES OPEN. IT WON’T HURT YOU”; “WATCH THE BUBBLES FLOATING UP”; “YOU’LL SEE INTERESTING THINGS AT THE BEACH”; “CONFIDENCE GIVES RELAXATION”; “A RELAXED BODY WILL FLOAT”; “TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND PUT YOUR HEAD WELL DOWN IN THE WATER”; “HEAD WELL DOWN MEANS FEET WELL UP”; “BE CAREFUL NOT TO PUSH OFF WITH YOUR FEET FROM THE BOTTOM. LET YOUR FEET FLOAT UP”; “DON’T STRETCH: RELAX COMPLETELY”; “NOW YOU CAN GLIDE LIKE THIS”; “PUSH OFF GENTLY AND GLIDE”; “THE FINGERS ARE STILL RELAXED”; “A GOOD WAY TO REGAIN YOUR FEET”; “BEND ONE LEG UNDER YOU AND PRESS DOWN SMARTLY”.
“END OF PART ONE”.

“LEARN TO SWIM - PART TWO”; “FOOT & LEG ACTION AND BREATHING”; “FOOT AND LEG ACTION IS THE KEY TO CORRECT BALANCE”; “DUCK WALKING IS A GOOD WAY TO LEARN THE LEG DRIVE”; “WALK QUIETLY FORWARD”; “LEAN FURTHER FORWARD”; “INCREASE THE BACKWARD THRUST”; “NOW STRETCH FURTHER OUT, GOING FASTER AND FASTER”; “FOOT AND LEG ACTION CAN ALSO BE LEARNED WITH HAND SUPPORT”; “BEND KNEES SLIGHTLY”; “FLICK THE FOOT”; “ANKLES LOOSE. FEEL THE PRESSURE ON SOLES OF FEET”; “TURN TOES IN”; “STRAIGHTEN THE LEGS, AND RAISE FROM THE HIP”; “BACKWARD AND UPWARD PRESSURE FROM TOE TO THIGH”; “THE LEGS ARE NEVER WIDE APART”; “MAKE THE WATER BOIL BEHIND YOU, DON’T BREAK THE SURFACE”; “AT THIS STAGE LEARN TO ADAPT YOUR BREATHING”; “BREATHE IN THROUGH THE MOUTH”; “BREATHE OUT THROUGH THE NOSE AND MOUTH”; “WHICHEVER STYLE, BREATHING MUST BE REGULAR”; “GOOD FOOT MOVEMENT MAKES GOOD BALANCE”; “AS FEET TAKE OVER CONTROL OF BALANCE SUPPORTS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED”; “WATCH THE FEET”; “SEE THAT ONE FOOT IS NOT STRONGER THAN THE OTHER”; “WELL BALANCED SWIMMERS FOLLOW A STRAIGHT COURSE”.
“END OF PART TWO”.

“LEARN TO SWIM - PART THREE”; “THE ARM ACTION”; “DO NOT BEGIN ARM ACTION ... YET”; “MASTER YOUR FOOT AND LEG ACTION BEFORE USING ARMS”; “FIRST LEARN THE SHORT ARM MOVEMENT IN THIS POSITION”; “FEEL YOUR ARMS PULL YOU FORWARD”; “REACH FORWARD AND PULL TO THE CHEST”; “AT THIS STAGE, YOU AIM AT ONE PULL OF THE ARM TO THREE BEATS OF THE LEGS”; “NOW THE LONG ARM MOVEMENT. PUSH TO THE THIGH”; “THE OVER-ARM RECOVERY COMPLETES THE STROKE”; “THE HAND FOLLOWS THE SIDE UP TO THE ARMPIT”; “WITH HAND RELAXED AND ELBOW SLIGHTLY BENT, REACH FORWARD”; “YOUR STROKE IS DEVELOPED THROUGH SIX STAGES”; “1. GLIDING”; “FOOT AND LEG MOVEMENT”; “3. BREATHING”; “4. SHORT ARM ACTION”; “5. LONG ARM ACTION”; “6. OVER-ARM RECOVERY”.
End title: “THE END”.