Rowing: A Symphony of Motion by Phoenix Films, 1974

[@AllenRoby-z7n]

Had the privilege of racing in Pocock shells at Washington. Treasured memory was being complimented by Stan Pocock on rowing their shells “the way they should be rowed”. Highlight of my crew years

[@homemoviesandotherstuff3419]

Our 8 of sr. women rowers won the gold on Lake Washington in a national competition. I was 64yrs old and started rowing in my 50s. It was a wonderful achievement. I loved watching these films. It brings it all back. Thanks.

[@biglowj]

Not Martha's Mom's by chance?

[@scullerjim]

What a privilege to have rowing in my college life, and to have rowed those great old wood Pocock eights, fours, and pairs.

[@sharonmallett6996]

Absolutely. Started rowing Marist 74, first women’s crew, with those wood handles.

[@jamesmcgowan9781]

Thank tou John for your many posts. Rowing really needs an actual museum so that all of the amazing films like this dont get lost. Your channel is effectively a nice museum of amazing rowing

[@casotel]

11:08 It has infinite beauty. It’s graceful. It’s masculine, it’s feminine, all wrapped up in one. It has grace and poise of a ballerina and gymnastics. And has drive and explosive power of incredible masculinity.

[@peterclark1041]

A great description of our sport … in a nutshell!

[@pippiperade4030]

Excellent film - and thanks for posting it. I started rowing at age 14 and I had to finally give up at 69 - when I could no longer get out of the boat unaided. There's not a day goes by that I don't miss it.

[@readfest1]

Pip..Look into adaptive rowing programs in your area.

[@Seafariireland]

Beautiful!

[@mattpiepenburg8769]

Stirs the memory…

[@biojoe8676]

Great video 👍. I love rowing. Marist College 1960s, NYAC 1970S, and rowing my Alden shell on Centerport harbor 1970s. Munich Olympics 1972, as a rowing enthusiast. Jim Dietz and Larry Klecatsky were the USA 🇺🇸 NYAC oarsmen.

[@biglowj]

Thanks Biojoe. I was fortunate to travel w Dietz and Klecatsky. And Vinny.

[@biojoe8676]

@@biglowj Nice to hear from you, John. Are you still rowing? Joe

[@willmpet]

Sculling can be so exciting because one moment you are still and after one stroke, you are moving so fast!

[@michaelsisk5938]

Excellent movie! During my time of rowing singles,I learnt two very important lessons--- strength has its purpose at beginning of the race., to increase the stroke rate and the charge at the finish, but technique is far more important. When one is rowing with superior technique, the oar will easily pop out of the water at end of the stroke with little effort. This saved me energy for when I needed it. It took me several months to learn this but once mastered, I won many races!

[@joshuaroughan3350]

Phenomenal, thank you for uploading

[@huey9992]

Great video 👍

[@charlesmcintyre1081]

Thanks for posting "A Symphony in Motion" John, it is a true classic. I love how George Pocock holds the red cedar siding and describes the history of the tree by looking at the grain of the wood. What a guy he was, a true artisan, a great coach, and a skilled sculler in his own right!

[@karbyyyyyy]

21:01 and 21:14 . The fastest eight I've seen (and with older equipment as well!) Their speed in a modern boat would be crippling :0

[@csfan65]

Yes, thanks for posting this, John.

[@DempsterDave]

Coxwain, Gleenlake, Seattle. 1959.

[@biglowj]

you? Who else did you in rowing or coaching from back then?

[@sharonmallett6996]

Is that a thermal vest on 1x sculler in opening of this film? We had an issue on the Schuylkill Last week- 2x flipped… 4 mins.. they had to be rescued- unresponsive.

[@sharonmallett6996]

They were rescued via VBC I believe. All good. @helenl44

[@typxxilps]

the wooden boats and heavy riggers look so old or 70s but the work and effort to propell the boat was pretty much the same every single decade. Wing riggers and carbonfiber stiff racing shells made the boats faster but the work is the same, just higher stroke rates and a bit more efficiency due to science driving the training program and more tracking of the individual strenghts and weaknesses on the ergo. Pretty interesting that a good but not elite swimmer could have become a world champ in just 2 years of rowing ... but maybe that might happen once in 20 years.