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Revolutionizing Skating with the Speed Suit
The Winter Olympics and speed skating especially are all about speed, endurance and technology. For a sport that dates back over a thousand years it seems technology has caught up with it in the design of new high-tech skin suits....
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The Science of Ice Skating: Balancing on Blades
Explore the fascinating science behind ice skating with Mac Lesggy and Gwendal. Discover how the design of ice skates, from the edges of the blades to the pressure they exert, allows skaters to glide effortlessly on the ice. Learn about...
Science360
Science of the Winter Olympics - Short Track Speed Skating
The U.S. speed skating team has two best hopes against a powerful South Korean team that took three- of-a-possible-four golds in Torino: Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski--an 18-year-old World Champion in his first Olympics. Speed skating is...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Suit Up
Olympic athletes have long worn special competition clothing to gain an edge. Science and technology continue to improve on what they wear. Hear from Olympians Chad Hedrick, Steve Holcomb and Erin Hamlin, and Melissa Hines, the director...
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The Craft and Sport of Ice Skating
Ice skating is a popular winter activity that involves gliding across icy surfaces using specially designed blades attached to footwear. It has a rich history dating back thousands of years, with the first skates made of animal bones....
NASA
Hubble Technology Finds Earthly Applications
The decades-long career of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has resulted in a wealth of new technologies, many of which have found earthly applications. Learn more about the specific technologies mentioned in this video:Dead Sea Scrolls -...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Science of Ice
The science that makes ice slippery also makes the Olympic Winter Games possible. But exactly what makes ice slippery? Ken Golden, a mathematician at the University of Utah, explains how the unique surface of ice makes the slide and...
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CAN711 FIVE NATIONS ICE SKATING COMPETITION IN OSLO
Norwegian Fred Anton Maier wins the 10,000 meters ice skating race at Bislett Stadium in Oslo during the five nations competition to set the new world record in speed skating.
1. various of ice skating race
2. ms Fred Anton Maier and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
International championship speed skating races on Saranac Lake, NY
Three shots of skaters racing around track / skaters finishing race / close shot of winner of race posing for photo opportunity / wide overhead shot of skaters starting race/ wide overhead shot of skaters racing / closer track-level shot...
Sky News
Elise Christie & the other Team GB Speed Skaters training
CLEAN: Interior shots of the Team GB Speed Skaters (Including Elise Christie) training in Nottingham for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This footage was taken on the 16th of December 2013.
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CAN 085 KING OLAV V OF NORWAY ATTENDS A SPEED SKATING COMPETITION IN OSLO
King Olav V of Norway attends a speed skating competition in Oslo.
1. ms King Olav and party on balcony, looking on
2. ms man fires starter gun, crowd in background
3. ms to gv start of the speed skating race, two competitors racing
4....
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Cauldron lit, fireworks over city during opening ceremony
1. High shot of fireworks exploding over main BC Place stadium
2. Canadian hockey star Wayne Gretzky running with torch
3. Gretzky lighting second cauldron on Vancouver waterfront
5. Various of fireworks over waterfront
6. Fireworks...
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CAN 070 SPEED SKATING IN HELSINKI
Knut Johannesen of Norway wins speed skating title
1. gv spectators in stands
2. Knut Johannesen and other skater away
3. spectators
4. skaters past camera, Johannsen wins
5. various shots, start of skating races
6. various shots,...
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CAN 073 SPEED-SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN HAMAR
Scenes of an international speed-skating tournament in Hamar, Norway.
1. ws entrance to Hamar Stadium
2. ms raising the Norwegian flag in the stadium, pull out
3. vs speed-skating races
4. various ms scoreboard
5. ws pan of crowd
6. vs...
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CAN 692 SPEED SKATING COMPETITION AT UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
Speed skating competition at unidentified location.
1. gv audience, snowy mountains in background
1. ms start of speed skating race, two contestants start and are of in gv
2. various of speed skating and audience watching, several...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
5000-meter speed skating race at 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Two speed skaters racing / WS outdoor ice skating course / three shots of two skaters racing / crowd applauding / two skaters racing / two shots of skater racing / crowd on hillside watching / VS skaters racing / crowd in stands / ice...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
6th annual barrel jumping contest
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / Leo Lebel wins 11th annual barrel jumping contest / men on ice skates jumping barrels, falling, and sliding on ice / Leo Lebel (in black) clears 16 barrels, winning...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Winter sports at the Winter Olympics at Cortina D'Ampezzo and at Kitzbuhel, Austria, 1956
Title: "Winter Sports" / VO Marty Glickman continues "The Year in Sports," featuring sports action at the Winter Olympics / Pan of the picturesque town of Cortina D'Ampezzo (Cortina) in a valley with an Alpine mountain behind / The...
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SYND 23 1 76 SPEED SKATING PRACTICE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
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Speed skating practice at the Olympic Stadium in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck.
1. ws Innsbruck
2. ms sign, Innsbruck
3. vs skater Sten Stensen...
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SYND 24 2 75 WOMENS WORLD SPEEDSKATING CHAMPS
Womens World Speedskating Championships held in the Netherlands
1. vs high shot of speed skaters doing laps in stadium2. ms Spectators3. ms East German speedskater leaving the iceFilm: Pos - Sound: Mag SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN...
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SYND 15-2-70 A SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP IS HELD IN OSLO
a speed skating cahmpionship is held in Oslo, norway.
1. mcu of the entrance sign
2. vs crowd
3. vs of races in progress
Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN13364 - Available in HD
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SYND 9 2 75 WORLD SPEEDSKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
World speedskating championships
1 exterior stadium
2 competitors prepare
3 crowd
4 race starts and skaters around track
5 another race starts and skaters round track
6 audience
7 skaters over finish
8 TV cameraman
9 another race starts...
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SYND 22 1 73 ARD SCHENK WINS FIRST EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL SPEEDSKATING CHAMPIONSHIP
The European professional speedskating championship is held in Skien, Norway.
1. vs Roar Gronvold and Bjorn Tveter start of 1500m and race in progress2. ms Gronvold across finish3. ms Ard Schenk and Bols at start4. ms Schenk striding5....
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SYND 17/02/1969 WORLD SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP
Dag Fornaess of Norway snatches the 1969 Speed Skating World Championship crown from Clasesson of Sweden and Verkerk of Holland.
1 gv interior Deventer stadium
2 zoom into start of 1500 metres, first skater Kees Verkerk (3rd overall...