The Great Frost 1917

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The great frost. Location of events unknown.

Winter sports; recreation. Ice Skating: a group of people on the ice; mainly women and children; watch a soldier skating backward in circles. Then shots of other people skating; kids practising turns; etc. Then a long smooth cleared line of ice;...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71373
Sort Number:
ON 040 L
Time in/Out:
01:59:24:00 / 02:00:21:00
Canister:
ON 040 L
Film ID:
1862.55
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