Lake Placid (1938)

Lake Placid, New York, United States of America (USA). Olympic skater Marybell Vincin (sp?) ties on her ice-skates and then goes gliding about on the frozen water of Lake Placid, wearing a satin skating dress. It is snowing quite heavily as she skims about with a joyous look on her face. She goes into a tremendous spin beside two light-coloured fir / pine trees - commentator says “Try this on your piano stool!“. 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 B