Skating Championships AKA Amateur Skating… 1928

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Item title reads - Amateur Skating Championship. Five thousand spectators see C.W. Horn defeat F.W. Dix at Lingay Fen. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Various shots of a policeman in uniform skating up the ice, others stand at the side or skate around. L/S as the two skaters speed towards the camera....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33608
Sort Number:
G 1464
Time in/Out:
01:01:57:00 / 01:03:03:00
Canister:
G 1464
Film ID:
712.02
Issue Date:
02/01/1928

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