• Short Summary

    Ice boats skim across the frozen Greenwood Lake in New Jersey, United States of America.

  • Description

    Main titles read: "L.N.E.R. - PATHE CINEMA CAR - SPECIAL PROGRAMME." (Superimposed over shot of four steam trains coming towards us over the railway track.)

    Story titles read: "Ice Boating in New Jersey".

    New Jersey, United States of America.

    On the frozen Greenwood Lake we see numerous small iceboats (sailboats or dinghies with sledge runners underneath) skimming over the ice at great speed - it looks like good fun!

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    949.57
    Media URN:
    16217
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    13/01/1938
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:09:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:45:55:00 / 01:47:04:00
    Canister:
    38/4

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    The two locomotives passing through the picture at 00:12 are A4 Pacific Number 2512 "Silver Fox", and Class A3 Number 2505 "Cameronian".

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