Skating Legs

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
494
Date Released
20 Nov 1930
Length of issue (in feet)
853
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
NoS synopsis: "We’ve all heard of "getting your sea legs" - now that the first touch of winter has reached the higher parts of Central Europe, Eve’s busy getting her skating legs." M/S of a woman ice skating in a fetching fur trimmed outfit. "Whirls and glides, all so graceful and easy to look at - (But not to do!)". Various shots of whirls, glides, spins, turns etc. "And not even night can stop the sport". Another woman performs for the camera, then a couple. This seems to be a competition as some of the skaters wear numbers pinned to their clothes. It is an outdoor rink and spectators stand on a bridge so is perhaps a frozen river. We then see a skating couple at night - they each hold a flare so we see them in silhouette.
Researcher Comments
A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.
Keywords
Winter sports
Footage sources
Deulig
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.200
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP200
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
139

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How to cite this record

'Skating Legs', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 494, 20 Nov 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332583 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)