{"id":799773,"date":"2019-09-25T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:28:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T17:28:01","slug":"chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Anthony is on a mission to tell the forgotten tale of a WWII ski race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8065887353879\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-372036-397\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Special to The Daily | The mountain known simply as\" where mountain division organized an international ski race following the surrender of germany during class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>The mountain known simply as &#8220;Mangart,&#8221; where the 10th Mountain Division organized an international ski race following the surrender of Germany during WWII.<\/strong><br \/>Special to The Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The mountain known simply as \" where mountain division organized an international ski race following the surrender of germany during><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kent Pettit \/ Special to the Daily | The Vail Rotary Club recently surprised Chris Anthony with a $5,000 check to help with the completion of\" mission documentary film about a ski race put by the mountain division on june class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Vail Rotary Club recently surprised Chris Anthony with a $5,000 check to help with the completion of &#8220;Mission Mangart,&#8221; Anthony&#8217;s documentary film about a ski race put on by the 10th Mountain Division on June 3, 1945.<\/strong><br \/>Kent Pettit \/ Special to the Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Vail Rotary Club recently surprised Chris Anthony with a $5,000 check to help with the completion of \" mission documentary film about a ski race put by the mountain division on june><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Special to The Daily | Inspired by Anthony's work, artist David Gonzales created a one-of-a-kind painting of Mangart and donated it to\" mission film about first international ski race post put by famed mountain division. proceeds from sale will go directly towards finishing production of documentary. the painting is currently on display raitman located at gore creek drive in class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Inspired by Anthony&#8217;s work, artist David Gonzales created a one-of-a-kind painting of Mangart and donated it to &#8220;Mission Mangart,&#8221; Anthony&#8217;s film about the first international ski race post WWII, put on by the famed 10th Mountain Division. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the painting will go directly towards finishing the production of the documentary. The painting is currently on display at Raitman Gallery, located at 223 Gore Creek Drive in Vail.<\/strong><br \/>Special to The Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/AnthonyRotary-VDN-092419-2-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Inspired by Anthony's work, artist David Gonzales created a one-of-a-kind painting of Mangart and donated it to \" mission film about first international ski race post put by famed mountain division. proceeds from sale will go directly towards finishing production of documentary. the painting is currently on display raitman located at gore creek drive in><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">One of the best stories in international ski racing is the first competition to take place after the end of fighting in Europe following World War&nbsp;II, a story that was unknown in the United States until recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Through a career in storytelling with Warren Miller ski films, Chris Anthony is now poised to tell the story in the medium he knows best, the ski movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony intends to reverse the unknown status of the first international ski race following the end of World War II in Europe \u2014 Japan had still yet to surrender \u2014 by taking his work directly from the field to the classroom. In addition to ski movies, Anthony\u2019s other area of expertise is creating educational enrichment opportunities for youth through his nonprofit organizations, which have reached approximately 42,000 students over the past seven years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">All of this makes Anthony the perfect person to ensure the next generation of skiers, mountaineers and historians knows the story of \u201cMission Mangart\u201d and how a group of 10th Mountain Division soldiers made their way to present-day Slovenia during World War II to help organize and take part in a ski race on Mangart, a mountain in the Julian Alps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony has received support from a variety of people and organizations, both foreign and domestic, and is now nearing the home stretch of his production. He is hoping to debut the film on June 3, 2020, exactly 75 years to the date from when the race took place in 1945.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">\u2018The Great Race\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The film will take viewers from Anthony exploring Mangart and learning the 10th Mountain Division had been there to Camp Hale, where they will learn about the incredible role Deborah Bankart and a large group of women had in the 10th Mountain Division, to the war zones of Italy, where 24 10th Mountain Division soldiers went missing in action in Lake Garda when their duck boat sank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony will then take viewers back to Mangart, where they will get an idea of what this ski race might have looked like. A group of 30-or-so locals from the small mountain town of Bovec, Slovenia, helped Anthony move large boulders to access the road to Mangart, which had been covered in avalanche debris, and trek the final stretch to the snowfield where the race took place. They then recreated the race on film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Those locals refer to the 1945 contest as \u201cThe Great Race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe commitment and dedication from a community of people \u2014 in a country where I don\u2019t even speak their language \u2014 who have gotten behind a stranger, me, to recreate this, was remarkable,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cThat put the pressure on me that I need to complete this, that this is way bigger than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">Help from local sources<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony received support in a variety of other amazing ways, both above and below ground. A drone pilot has shown great interest in his work and given him the necessary aerial footage needed of the area, and the organizers of a submarine mission to the bottom of Lake Garda made sure to contact Anthony before heading down there to look for the missing boat of the 10th troops. The Slovenian military has helped out, Mikaela Shiffrin has helped out and you can help out, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony will visit any school or community group to tell the story, free of charge. When the Vail Rotary heard of his efforts, they invited Anthony to tell their members about the first international ski race to take place following World War II in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe story hadn\u2019t been told. People didn\u2019t know about it, and we want to help that story get told,\u201d said Penny Wilson with the Vail Rotary Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The club then surprised Anthony with a $5,000 check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe wanted to support this project because of the importance of the 10th Mountain Division to Vail and Colorado,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cAnd we want to see it propagated out into the schools, so it\u2019s not just a recording of the story, but a telling of the story, so people will know about it in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anthony said donations like that one are what will help him get to the finish line with this project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m now in post-production, which is where it gets expensive, because I\u2019m paying for archival footage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That investment in archival footage, however, doubles as a public service in itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cDown at the Denver Public Library, there\u2019s boxes and boxes of stuff in their storage which hasn\u2019t been digitized,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cLike Deborah Bankart \u2014 you can\u2019t find much information on her online, but now I\u2019m paying to have her photos and things digitized. So now, since I\u2019m funding that, it will be open to public domain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAll of this costs money,\u201d Anthony added, \u201cbut it\u2019s worth the investment, because then everybody has access to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">You can donate to \u201cMission Mangart\u201d by visiting chrisanthony.com and hitting the donate button in the upper left corner of the screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">This story is from VailDaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/chris-anthony-is-on-a-mission-to-tell-the-forgotten-tale-of-a-wwii-ski-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain known simply as &#8220;Mangart,&#8221; where the 10th Mountain Division organized an international ski race following the surrender of Germany during WWII.Special to The Daily The Vail Rotary Club recently surprised Chris Anthony with a $5,000 check to help with the completion of &#8220;Mission Mangart,&#8221; Anthony&#8217;s documentary film about a ski race put on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-799773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 13:13:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}