Silver Skates Contest (1949)

Unissued / Unused material. Title - ’Sports!’ Silver Skates Contest. Madison Square Gardens, New York, America (USA). Elevated L/S of women racing round ice rink. M/S women racing. C/U spectators. L/S Myra Shapiro of Brooklyn winning in record time. M/S Myra. L/S general view audience. M/S Gretchen Merrill giving an exhibition of ice figure skating. L/S general view audience. M/S Olympic Champion Dick Button giving an exhibition. M/S competitors starting off in the 2 mile race of champions. Elevated view of the race in progress. M/S Ray Blum winning. FILM ID:2248.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Br