World’s Winter Playground (1922)

Switzerland. Full titles read: “THE WORLD’S WINTER PLAYGROUND - Over-due downfall of snow enables visitors to Alpine resorts to enjoy Winter Sports in ideal weather.“ Good L/S of snow flying into the air as train with snow plough attached moves through the mountainside (presumably the Swiss Alps). L/S of people on sledge on a toboggan track moving at speed around a banked corner (looks like a bobsleigh track). Several L/S’s of people skating on ice rink. L/S of teams playing ice hockey. 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 Vis
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