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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Sound Duration: 3 mins 21 secs Credits: Ronald Padgett Genre: Amateur
Subject: Sport Entertainment/Leisure
Summary An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of children enjoying the winter snow of January, 1962 inside Roundhay Park in Leeds by going sledding.
Description
An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of children enjoying the winter snow of January, 1962 inside Roundhay Park in Leeds by going sledding.
Title: Winter Sports Roundhay Park January 1962
Two children, lying flat on their sleds, speed down a hill passing others standing nearby watching. More children speed past down the slope of the hill sometime passing others on their way up.
A boy pulling his sled back to the top of the slop changes to a phantom sled ride with the camera shaking...
An amateur film produced by Ronald Padgett of children enjoying the winter snow of January, 1962 inside Roundhay Park in Leeds by going sledding.
Title: Winter Sports Roundhay Park January 1962
Two children, lying flat on their sleds, speed down a hill passing others standing nearby watching. More children speed past down the slope of the hill sometime passing others on their way up.
A boy pulling his sled back to the top of the slop changes to a phantom sled ride with the camera shaking as it speeds down the hill to the bottom. In front a group of six others all travelling in unions down the hill laying on their stomachs.
The remainder of the film shows more children sledding down the slope with some sitting on the sleds while others lay on the fronts. Several group of three or four speed past, everyone is enjoying the snowy conditions.
End title: The end
Context About Ron Padgett (1923-2001)
Ron Padgett was born in Birkenshaw, Yorkshire, but spent his entire married life living in Leeds. He became a keen cinematographer in the late 1950s and was an active member of the Leeds Cine Club throughout the 1960s – winning competitions for his 8mm films.