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World Championships - Figure Skating

World Championships - Figure Skating
Clip: 356093_1_1
Year Shot: 1959 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1657
Original Film: 032-018-05
HD: N/A
Location: Colorado
Timecode: 00:11:10 - 00:12:33

World Championships - Figure Skating At Colorado Springs. Two American collegians, David Jenkins and Carol Heiss, repeat as singles champions in the world figure skating competition. David Jenkins glided away with his third straight men's title. Miss Carol Heiss, 19-year-old junior at New York University, breezed to her fourth straight women's title. The young Americans turned back challengers - 14 men from nine countries and 15 women from eight nations. Jenkins (?) skates wearing tuxedo. Audience applauds. Judges (?) jot notes. Heiss performs. Press photographers on the ice snap pictures of three women on platforms for first, second, third.