1 min 14 sec

Taken from the home movie Farrow, H: Victorian and South Australian Holiday Scenes (c1930)

Original title classification not rated – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

On a frozen Lake Catani, the camera follows a lone female skater gracefully tracing curved lines around the ice. People are then shown venturing onto the ice, while others stand in the snow and watch from the ice’s edge.

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