Speed On Ice AKA Ice Skating Championship 1940

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Full title reads: "Speed on Ice".

London.

Speed skaters take part in the Baker Cup on a frozen reservoir near London. The winner is Fred Tomlin. Various ice skating scenes.

CU of Fred Tomlin out of breath after race.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20234
Sort Number:
40/007 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:36:10:00 / 01:36:44:00
Canister:
40/7 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1033.32
Issue Date:
22/01/1940

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