Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Snow Club Gets Seasonable Weather

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
970A
Date Released
8 Jan 1948
Date submitted
5 Jan 1948
Date submitted
1 Jan 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Iceberg Club Opens Its Season. DESCRIPTION: The Iceberg Athletic Club at Coney Island swim in sub-zero weather. SHOTLIST: KS MS men in swim suits playing snowballs. Various shots of same, rolling one in the snow. Men running around snow covered beach. Men take off outer garments, in their trunks run into sea. Coming out of sea. MS two dive off promenade onto beach buried in snow. Men pretend to swim through snow towards camera.
Keywords
Weather; Swimming; Water sports
Locations
Coney Island
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49628
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Snow Club Gets Seasonable Weather', British Movietone News Issue No. 970A, 8 Jan 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14868 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)