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FRANCE WINTER SPORTS
At Chamonix, the International Ski Week is on, men compete in the down hill event, many of them falling on the course. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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BONNY BONNETS AT CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The first Ladies Curling Championships ever held in the United States. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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CYPRUS - YEAR-ROUND HOLIDAY
Cyprus could be developed into a first-class holiday resort. All the joys of the seaside are readily available, and, with the exception of about 3 Winter months, wonderful Summer weather. It may not, perhaps, be widely known that you can...
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HITTING THE HAY
Summer sport in Canada, with artificial snow, but the falls are real enough. They don't call it ski-jumping out there, they call it ""hitting the hay""! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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SKILL ON THE SLOPES
Somebody in America thought up this way of learning an outdoor sport indoors. It's the Ski-Dek, an incline with a rapidly moving surface. It travels uphill, giving beginners the feeling of travelling downhill. ® Over in Germany, the...
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SNOW QUEEN
Every year, the people of Banff in the Canadian Rockies hold their Winter festival, the highlight of which is the election of next year's ""Queen of the Rockies"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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Cambridge Beat Oxford in Ski Jumping Contest
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BOOKIES FEEL THE DRAUGHT
The sport of kings is, of-course, the livelihood of the bookies, and they are the common denominators between the horses and the public. Snow and ice have already caused the cancellation of over 40 cards this season, so spare a thought...
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ALL SET FOR SNOW
Down under in Melbourne, they've been using a training course made of nylon bristles to put a polish on their technique, and to help the learners get their ski-legs. Another alternative is a sort of roller skating ski; it's a bit more...
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BROOM BALL
It's the latest craze in European Ice Sports. All you need is an old straw broom. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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SPORTACULAR '71
The World of Sport goes to Earl's Court, with simulated ski-slopes, a golf range, hot wheel racing, and a weight-lifting contest between Britain and Hungary. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MEN'S DOWNHILL SKIING
At Garmisch-Partenkirchen the Men's Downhill Skiing Competition formed part of the World Championships. The favourite to take the gold was Franz Klammer, but he did not justify this and fellow Austrian Sepp Walcher was first with West...
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SPILLS AND GRACEFUL SKATING END WINTER OLYMPICS
At St. Moritz there were many spills in the Downhill Ski racing. In the Figure Skating Barbara Ann Scott of Canada carried off the Ladies Title. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR
Library material consisting of four seasons of the year, proving that winter is the best because Christmas intervenes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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ICE FASHIONS
In Paris, various ladies ice skating fashions. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not...
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A COOLING INTERLUDE FROM SWELTERING USA
The annual skating carnival at Atlantic City. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not...
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WINTERTIME IN AMERICA
There has been bad weather in many parts of America, Chicago has suffered blizzards which have left snow lying nearly a foot deep. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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SPORTS - SKIING, THAT'S DIFFERENT
In Colorado boys do skiing as part of the school curriculum. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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DEEP'N CRISP'N FREEZIN'
Pictures of the transformed scene of Paris in the snow. ® Also an International Slalom in Bavaria for International skiing stars. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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MAKE THE BEST OF IT
While the sun fights a losing battle with Winter, there are those who always make the best of it. On every frozen pond, the hardy ones come along to enjoy their Winter sport, and so long the ice is bearing, young skaters will be skimming...
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THE SCOTTISH SCENE
Winter Weather in Edinburgh and the Burns Festival in Ayr Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy...
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SUMMER SCENE - SURF AND SNOW
One way of enjoying the sun and sea is surf-riding at Biarritz, where the sport has become extremely popular this Summer, - undoubtedly one of the finest Europe has seen for many years. All you need is a surf-board and a fine sense of...
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THE WINTER SCENE
The Winter Sports season has opened at Garmisch-Partenkirchen with Ski-Jumping and Bob-Sled championships. Meanwhile, London and indeed most of Britain were suddenly involved in Winter sports - though of rather a different kind....
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WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - MUTE
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