Skiing Unidentified 1937

Star Item

Description

No title, paperwork reads - Skiing.

Location unknown.

M/S of a group of people watching a skiing competition. Slow motion M/S of a man taking a jump.

Note: the soundtrack is missing. This is an unidentified piece of footage at this stage, it is not on the official issue...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
13286
Sort Number:
37/002
Time in/Out:
01:46:52:00 / 01:46:59:00
Canister:
37/2 ?
Film ID:
903.19
Issue Date:

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Dunstable

Dunstable

People try their hand at grass skiing on the Downs in Bedfordshire.

Ski-Ing Students

Ski-Ing Students

Skiers enjoy the new snows of Mount Garibaldi, California.

International Ski-Jumping

International Ski-Jumping

Norway wins Contest at Garmisch in Germany.

Water-Skiing

Water-Skiing

Colour cuts of woman water-skiing.

Italy

Italy

New ski hoists are demonstrated in the Italian Dolomite mountains.

France

France

Skiers dressed as women in Edwardian costumes performing simple skiing stunts.

Do Or Die On Skis!

Do Or Die On Skis!

Ski jumping competition at Bear Mountain, New York.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler