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Finding Aid of the Milwaukee Journal Stations Records > Subject Guide

Amateur Sports—Speed Skating

1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1966 | 1967

Month/Day/Year: January 17, 1951
Segment Number: 9 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The regional Olympic time trials for speed skating were hampered in Milwaukee by soft ice. The trials were managed by Del Lamb. The participants included Ken Bartholomew and John Werket.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #24.

Month/Day/Year: January 31, 1951
Segment Number:
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Skaters braved the blizzard and cold temperatures to take part in the Whitefish Bay Open. 2,000 people watched the speed skating races. See script for names of the winners.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #3.

Month/Day/Year: February 7, 1951 
Segment Number: 12 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The 1951 Great Lakes Skating Meet was held in West Allis. Queen Donna Marine and attendants Geri Haessly and Charlotte Unke were present. Footage of men's and women's races. See script for names. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #3.

Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1952 
Segment Number: 5 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The annual Silver Skates and Wisconsin Ice Skating Association Championships were held at Washington Park. Over 17,000 people watched figure skaters perform and speed skaters race. See script for names. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: February 20, 1952 
Segment Number: 3 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Great Lakes Championships were held at the Washington Park Lagoon. The speed skating competition was one of the largest in the country. Footage of both men's and women's races. See script for names. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #6.

Month/Day/Year: January 7, 1953 
Segment Number: 5 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Silver Skates Meet, co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal and the Wisconsin Skating Association, took place at the Washington Park Lagoon. Footage of a number of races. See script for names. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1953 
Segment Number: 8 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Great Lakes Skating Meet was held at Washington Park. The speed skating meet was one of the major events of the season. Richard Kruck of West Allis and Elaine Gordon of Chicago won their events. Footage of races. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #11.

Month/Day/Year: January 6, 1954 
Segment Number: 7 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Wisconsin Skating Association Championships was held at Washington Park before a crowd of 12,000 people. Footage of a number of speed skating races. See script for names of winners. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: January 27, 1954 
Segment Number: 7 
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. The Great Lakes Speed Skating Meet was held at Eckel Park in West Allis. Some of the nation's best speed skaters competed. Footage of a number of races. See script for names of some of the competitors. 
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #15.

Month/Day/Year: January 19, 1955
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program. Footage of the 25th Annual Silver Skates meet at Washington Park. Among the participants are Dick Kotas and Bill Carow in the men's division and Pat Gibson in the women's division. Footage of several races.
Notes: The film is black and white (negative) and does not have sound; there is a script.

Month/Day/Year: January 11, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. State Fair Chairman Herbert Velser talks about the recent decision to proceed with the building of an Olympic size skating facility on the State Fair grounds.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.

Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication is held for the new Olympic speed skating rink. The rink is located at State Fair Park at the northwest corner of the park just south of the East-West freeway on S. 84th St. in West Allis. After the dedication, people skate for free. The rink cost $582,000 to construct.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.

Month/Day/Year: September 19, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the new Olympic size ice rink at State Fair Park being poured. The concrete is smoothed by large machines.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #38.

Month/Day/Year: October 26, 1967
Segment Number: 4 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mr. Krum says the new skating rink in West Allis is in an ideal spot because it is centrally located both in the state and in the United States for speed skaters. The area was formerly a refuse pond. Krum also discusses the details of the new rink which is the first 400 meter official international rink in the United States of its kind.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #50.

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