This rare 25-minute black and white short film was recorded in the 1960’s at Humboldt State University by two students and Coach Jim Hunt (Training the Neurological Aspects of Distance Running). The footage is raw cross country running at its finest, set to banjo music without any narration. You would see college cross county athletes running their hearts out in a variety of settings including running through a herd of elk, racing at Clam Beach to determine the seventh man for nationals, and slipping through the mud around Patricks Point and the Arcata vicinity. This film was used at one time to raise money to send athletes to the National meets, however, one of the students obtained copyrights for this film leading to legal action. Currently Coach Hunt shows the film at his running camps, although he cannot sell it.
