World Barrel Jumping Championships (1958)

Title reads ’Barrels of Speed’. New York State, United States of America (USA). Various shots of the World Barrel Jumping contests on ice. Men and women are seen ice skating and trying to jump over long line of barrels placed in the middle of the ice rink. Contestants are seen falling over barrels, some falls look quite painful. The winner is Terry Brown. (F.G.) Date found in the old record - 07/01/1958. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the B