The Great Frost (1917)

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; where people take turns running and sliding on it. Fun fun fun. (G 413 A) FILM ID: 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.