| HUMAN ICEBERGS Men of the Bondi Bay swimming club brave the icy water in winter. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7272 |
| Catalog #: | 50101 | |
| Clip Number: | 50101-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 150 | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:08 - 01:50:28 | |
| Location: | Bondi, Australia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Sleeping LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Misc SPECIAL EFFECTS: Misc SPORTS/WATER: Winter Swimming | |
| Description: | Human Icebergs. A bit from Bondi, Australia. Every true Australian knows of Bondi - in the summer time. But, this item deals with Bondi in the winter - Bondi, Australia. M/S of a man asleep in bed; he leans out to switch off his ringing alarm clock (5 o'clock!) then turns over and goes back to sleep. We see men of The Icebergs, Bondi's all-year swimming club, jumping into the icy water of an open-air pool adjacent to Bondi Bay and swimming about. One man is seen diving in, then immediately coming out again (reverse footage) because of the cold! M/S of a man lying beneath the surface of the water; commentator jokes that he has been frozen in. One man is handed a small block of ice for winning a race. Huge waves splash over into the pool from the rough sea beyond. Brief M/S of a man sitting indoors with his feet in a bowl, a blanket around his shoulders and teeth chattering. He is supposedly the ex-president of the club. Back at the pool we see his replacement being thrown into the water; as he hits the water we cut to the first man we saw, falling out of bed as his alarm clock goes off again. | |
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