Street Survival DVD
date: label: date made
content: 2013
name: label: depicted
content: Danforth, Bill
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The DVD version of the "Street Survival" skateboarding video was released as the “Street Survival: 25 Year Anniversary Edition with Bill Danforth. The video was written, produced and directed by the donors George Leichtweis President and Producer of Reel Thing Productions, Inc. and Owner of Modern Skate and Surf Company; and Michael Hays Vice President and Director of Reel Thing Productions. Inc. and Manager of Modern Skate and Surf Company.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Videos, which this DVD recreates, revolutionized the way skaters learned tricks and increased the sport’s popularity worldwide. The star of the video is Bill Danforth also known as "The American Nomad" for his compulsion to travel anywhere to skate. A Detroit native, Bill Danforth began skating in the 1970s with his first skate deck issued in 1986. He became a member of Tony Alva's skate team in the late 1980s and skated in Thrasher’s King of the Road in 2005. Danforth still skates and teaches today and is widely respected among old and new skaters for his resilience and natural ability.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Movie
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3045.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3045
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3045.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: DVD, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skateboarding DVD
label: Object Type
content: Motion Picture
label: Object Type
content: DVDs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 5 in x 1/4 in; 14.605 cm x 12.7 cm x .635 cm