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The Netherlands on skates: 1946
One minute and ten seconds of winter. This Polygoon newsreel was released on 21 January 1946.
Original Dutch archive film · 1:10
What does the film show?
Skaters on a busy rink; a vendor with onlookers; people in traditional dress putting on skates and skating together; a child on a sled; a man with a broom on the ice.
Polygoon Hollands Nieuws · Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Source: Open Beelden · Public Domain Mark 1.0