| Sports: Candidates For The 1952 Bob-Sled Team Take Off | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1557 |
| Catalog #: | 351125 | |
| Clip Number: | 351125-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-436-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:19:23 - 00:20:45 | |
| Location: | Lake Placid, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators, Sports LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York State SPORTS: Bobsled, Luge SPORTS/ATHLETIC GAMES: Olympic Games WEATHER: Snow | |
| Description: | Sports: Candidates For The 1952 Bob-Sled Team Take Off Stan Benham walks off, or should we say, slides off with both the two man and four man record during the Olympics tryouts on the dangerous Mount Hovenberg course. Establishing Shot - Two men on their sled going down the Bob-Sled Track. MCU Two Bob Sleders cleaning up their blades on the bottom of their Bob - Sled. MCU Two men US Bob-Sled crew push, and take off on their sled down the track, hitting the wire for the two man run is Stan Benham who by the way breaks an Olympic 2-man Bob-Sled run. MCU Four man team push their sleds off into the wild blue yonder. MCU The sled takes a bad spill where one of the men, Lester Curley suffers an injury. MLS Crowd is gathered around the men who took the bad spill and Lester is carried away on a stretcher. MCU Stan Benham breaks another record on the 4-man Bob-Sled. | |
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