Famous Winter Club Holds Annual Swim Despite Frost

Clip: 341427_1_1

Year Shot: 1932 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1506

Original Film: 004-013-06

HD: N/A

Location: MANCHESTER, NH

Timecode: 00:09:37 - 00:09:31

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Indistinct imagery, contrast is light, blurry The brownies, an organization of young people from 16 to 24 years of age, gather for the yearly display of skill in frigid aquatic sports. Diving from a height of 75 feet into holes cut in the ice, candidates win their spurs as super-brownies, while less daring entrants plunge through the frozen surface of the water from a mere 40 feet. Their breath-taking stunts heat the chilly air.