Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Ski Jumping at Garmisch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
448A
Date Released
6 Jan 1938
Date submitted
30 Dec 1937
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
14 / 14
Section Title
Sports: Reported by Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Garmisch Ski-Jumping. SHOTLIST: Garmisch, the Winter Olympic resort in the Bavarian Alps, opens its ski-jumping season with a "Christmas Contest" on the small Olympic jump on the Gudi Hill. Over 200 enthusiastic spectators flanked the slide. Toni Eisgruber (Germany) was the hero of the day, whose two fifty metre jumps left even Norway’s Aces, Sorensen and Palm, far behind. Various shots of the jumps, spills and jumps to camera. Spectators watching in snow.
Keywords
Sport; Curiosities
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
32182
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Ski Jumping at Garmisch', British Movietone News Issue No. 448A, 6 Jan 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8381 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)