<p><b>**PLEASE NOTE REPORTER AUDIO DISTORTED FROM SOURCE**</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS--</b></p>\n<p>:00-:05</p>\n<p>Wednesday</p>\n<p>Duluth, MN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:43 - :50</p>\n<p>John Lauritsen</p>\n<p>Reporting</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:04 - 1:10</p>\n<p>Jon Regenold</p>\n<p>Spirit Mountain Recreation Area </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:24 - 1:30</p>\n<p>Oliver Regenold</p>\n<p>Duluth Resident</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>SUMMER IS ROLLER-COASTER SEASON IN MINNESOTA.</p>\n<p>THERE'S ONE UP NORTH THAT PROVIDES A DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.</p>\n<p>IT'S THE "TIMBER TWISTER" AND IT'S FUELED BY PURE GRAVITY.</p>\n<p>JOHN LAURITSEN REPORTS.</p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>nats- "We love looking at the different seasons and how we excel in it."</p>\n<p>WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF SPIRIT MOUNTAIN IN DULUTH, THEY THINK DOWNHILL SKIING. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY DOWNHILL THRILL YOU'LL FIND HERE.</p>\n<p>nats-"The full name is the Timber Twister, Alpine Coaster." </p>\n<p>THE TWISTER HAS BEEN ON SPIRIT MOUNTAIN FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. </p>\n<p>IT'S MORE THAN A HALF MILE LONG AND IT TAKES ABOUT 7 MINUTES TO REACH THE END.</p>\n<p>nats- "In order to go forward you push forward. In order to slow down you pull back, and to stop you really pull back."</p>\n<p>NATS OF SOMEONE, POSSIBLY ME, GOING DOWNHILL.</p>\n<p>John Lauritsen standup: "You're in your own car, controlling your own speed, zipping through the beautiful Duluth hillside. From the very top to the very bottom is about 500 vertical feet."</p>\n<p>UNLIKE TRADITIONAL ROLLER COASTERS THERE'S NO MACHINE INVOLVED, JUST GRAVITY. </p>\n<p>AND INSTEAD OF SPEEDING THROUGH AN AMUSEMENT PARK, YOU'RE SPEEDING THROUGH A FOREST, WITH BEAUTIFUL NORTH SHORE VIEWS ALONG THE WAY.</p>\n<p>Jon Regenold/Spirit Mountain Recreation Area </p>\n<p>"The thing that differentiates the coaster is the fact that you are actually attached to the rails. Amazing views, you are in control of it."</p>\n<p>ONCE YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM, A CONVEYOR BELT BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE TOP- AND IT MOVES SLOWLY SO YOU GET A MORE LAID-BACK VIEW COMPARED TO YOUR TRIP DOWN.</p>\n<p>Oliver Regenold/Duluth Resident</p>\n<p>"I think its fun because you go as fast as you want and if you want to go fast you can lean into the corners and pop the rollers and yeah, its fun."</p>\n<p>MOS: "I like the twisty-turning things, its just really fun."</p>\n<p>AND IT DRAWS A CROWD. </p>\n<p>PEOPLE COME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY JUST TO SAY THEY RODE THE TWISTER. </p>\n<p>VISITORS QUICKLY LEARN THAT A DAY HERE IS FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS.</p>\n<p>Jon Regenold/Spirit Mountain Recreation Area </p>\n<p>"The only one in Minnesota. Alpine coasters actually have a following that people will go around the country to find other Alpine Coasters. It's a blast and we love to welcome folks here."</p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p>THE TIMBER TWISTER CAN REACH SPEEDS OF UP TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.</p>\n<p>IT'S OPEN THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER.</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>MINNESOTA TOURISM FUN ALPINE COASTER</p>\n<p></p>

Cross-country skiing in Chamonix, France

SNOW IN NEW JERSEY HAS BROUGHT LOTS OF PEOPLE TO THE SLOPES.

THE BROKENHEARTED SKI

Several American school children, including one in a Boy Scouts of America uniform, recite the pledge of allegiance during World War 2. Scene broadens to encompass a school yard filled with elementary school students reciting the pledge in front of an American flag flying high on a pole. As scene fades images appear of battleships firing guns; an F4F airplane taking off from an aircraft carrier; landing craft approaching a beach; American soldiers fighting with small arms and a flame thrower, in jungles of New Guinea; a U.S. gun crew firing heavy artillery; and a U.S. P-38 aircraft on a rainy runway, spraying water as it takes off, in the Aleutian Islands. U.S. troops firing automatic weapons on a Pacific Island. A B-17 pilot wearing an oxygen mask in his cockpit, flying in a formation creating contrails at high altitude over Germany. Waist gunner firing at an attacking German fighter plane that explodes in air. U.S. troops in jeeps moving over jungle road. U.S. ski troops on snow in Iceland heading downhill toward their tents in the snow. American troops during amphibious landing in the Philippines. U.S. troops aboard army halftracks on desert in Iran. American paratroopers dropping from C-47 aircraft over France. U.S. soldiers marching through two large gates with cadre of Chinese soldiers in China. American troops fighting in Italy and firing a 155mm howitzer. U.S. infantry following a sherman tank over a war-torn landscape with shells bursting nearby. Crowded, busy street scenes of traffic and pedestrians in Manhattan, New York City, and Chicago, Illinois. Army tanks being manufactured in a Detroit war production plant or factory. A Los Angeles shipyard filled with workers at shift change. Closeups of individual American soldiers in combat helmets. U.S. troops descending rope nets from transport ships to board landing craft, and approaching the beaches of Normandy, France, under fire, on D-day, June 6, 1944. Views of the Statue of Liberty, including closeups. Location: United States USA. Date: 1944.

Unissued / Unused material. <br/> <br/>Slalom skiing race. Lauberhorn, Switzerland. <br/> <br/>MS international flags flying. MS number 4 Henri Oreiller starting off. MS Number 8 Stein Eriksen starting off. Pan with Number 1 Desire Lacroix en route. <br/> <br/>MS number 8 Eriksen skiing downhill through hazards. MS number 17 Othmar Schneider. MS's as competitor falls and skids. MS crowd watching. Pan with number 1 Lacroix to finish. <br/> <br/>Used in AKC 206.

The Austrian Alps are the site for the Ski Event For Men downhill skiing race. Bill Kidd from Stowe Vermont skis first. Kidd speaks to the press while surrounded by crowds. Kurt Hugler falls during his run. Fans watch from a tree. Herb Huber also falls during his run. Karl Schrantz wins the event with his run. Fans applaud and shake his hand.

skiing, two women ski, one woman standing on skis, ski lift, ski resort, many skiers, mom and kid little girl, teaches little girl to ski, man with gray hair - happy, skiing, mom and kid, skiers, skiers on lift, mom and kid, lift, ls skiers up lift, group of skies, one woman skis, man skiing, happy man mugs camera on skis, dancing to camera, two men skiing, two woman posing on skis, hotel in mountains with snow, dusk ski hotel, downhill skiers, ski lodge, int. ski lodge - women eating lunch and drinking coke, woman prepare to ski, group of women get skis, POV up lift, downhill skiers, man on skis, POV behind man skiing, tracking shot man skiing, POV skiing, lift, POV behind man skiing, man up lift, tracking shot man skiing, man standing there on skis, women skiing, ski crowd at bottom, man buying tickets, women look at map, putting lift ticket on, crowd waiting to go up, moguls, woman on lift, POV from lift, POV behind three women skiing, downhill skiing, aerial over ski mountains and resort, lift people out of gondola

Switzerland - A tour of Switzerland in the early 1950s This World of Ours, alps, mountains, snow, alpine lake,POV from cable car, funicular, airplane, TWA constellation, electric train, cheese maker, swiss cheese wheel, Berne, clocktower, watch maker, tweezers, watch movement, display, marching drummer band, crowd watching, parade, policeman, sports women, gymnastics, parallel bars, flag throwing, alphorn, wrestling in sand pit, spectators, audience, skiing, skiers, telemarking, walking up hill on skis, downhill, Zermatt, mountain climbers, alpinist, POV electric train up Gornergrat, passengers, tunnel, Matterhorn, men with backpacks and ropes, climbing roped together, swiss village

ISSUE_NO = 1809 NO_OF_ITEMS = 5 COMMENTATOR = Leslie Mitchell ITEM_NO = 5 DESCRIPTION : The first gold medal of the Winter Olympic games was won by Oleg Protopopov and Ludmilla Belousova of Leningrad, for ice skating. Second came Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius from Germany. Next comes skiing, the winner of the Mens Downhill race, was Egon Zimmermann, who already holds the world title for the Giant Slalom. Second came Leo Lacroix of France. CARD_FILE = 87857 CARD_TITLE : THE WINTER OLYMPICS SHOT_LIST : Key scene - Olympic rings. MS Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius (Germany) ice-skating. Various shots of same. MS Crowd. Various shots of the German pair doing their ice-skating routine. MS Man taking picture. MS Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius leaving the ice. Various shots of the Russian couple, Oleg Protopopov and Ludmilla Belousova skating through their routine. LS Crowd and judges. Various MS and LS of the Russian couple skating. MCU Cameraman. MS Russian couple skating. MS Crowd clapping. Various shots of Russian couple skating. MS Crowd watching. LS Protopopov and Belousova skating and finish their routine. MS Protopopov and Belousova - crowd applaud. LS Snow covered mountains. Various shots of the Mens Downhill Race. LS Skier falling over - people gather round him to see if he is OK. MCU Man in crowd looks through binoculars. MS Skier falling over and crashing. CU Woman in crowd with sunglasses on. Various shots of Wolfgang Bartels ski-ing downhill. Various shots of Leo Lacroix ski-ing downhill. Various shots of Egon Aimmermann ski-ing the downhill course past the trees to the finish. Mens Downhill Ski-ing Race Wolfgang Bartels (Germany) - Bronze Leo Lacroix (France) - Silver Egon Aimmermann (Austria) - Gold INDEX : Countries - Austria, Towns and Cities, Weather - Snow and Ice, Winter Sports - Contests, Winter Olympics, Ice-Skating, Ski-ing, Personalities, Nationalities - German, Russian, French, Austrian, Mankind, Photography, Newspapers and Publications, Geography, Disasters and Accidents - Crashes, Science, Fashion, Agriculture COMMENTS : Also card number 87858 MATERIAL : C/Pos 06235 N/Track 06920 FEET_SHOT = 290 DATE_SUBD = 00/00/0000

VARIOUS SHOTS OF DOWNHILL SKI RACE, SOME SHOTS WITH PEOPLE/CROWDS WATCHING

ski vacation

WARM WEATHER MAY HURT SPRING SKIING

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Slate reading 'Garmisch'. Action from Great Britain v Japan ice hockey match, with Great Britain scoring a goal, and spectators watching on. <br/>Nice wide pan of Garmisch mountain, then crowds of spectators. Action from the women's downhill skiing competition, with brief of skier skiing down mountain in long skirt. Brief close up Germany's Christl Cranz, who won the gold medal, preparing to ski. Various shots of skiers skiing down mountain, including Cranz (number 11), and spectators watching on, and some falls. Long shot of skier heading down mountain and over finish line.<br/>

SNOW FUN

International ski flying contest in Oberstdorf, West Germany

Snowy Aspen like small town in winter, Ski resort, Park City Utah, POV up ski lift, skiers prepare in snowfall, skiers milling around, ski lift, downhill skiing in snow, skiers on lift in snowfall, ski resort with many skiers. ski lift, snow hut rest sign, little girls play in snow, ski resort crowds, POV through small ski resort town, crowd in nightclub or bar - nightlife, dancing in nightclub, band on stage, crowded dance hall, country/western, rockabilly.

NEWSFEED, 3/14/1998, PARIS FASHION RUNWAY SHOWS, MIDDLE EAST UNREST, POLICE RIOTING, DOWNHILL SLALOM, 12 METER YACHT RACING; DX Bangladesh, modeling, East Indian women model style and hand movements for runway models, very traditional; DX Kenya, crime, cars pass thru tunnel shaped like elephant tusks, local color, poachers blinds, wind surfing, boats; DX Mid East, unrest, riot police, soldiers with weapons drawn, rock throwing, Yassir Arafat; INT France, Paris fashion show, runway and crowds for collection display, cu of models, exotic evening wear, cocktail dresses; INT France, Paris Fashion, Balmain collection with runway models with designed on runway ; DX Yugoslavia, Kosovo Situation, cows roam amongst bombed out buildings, graves on hillside, medical supplies, church leader; DX Lebanon, Anniversary, tanks war images, archival, explosions, bombings, chaos, aftermath, injured women/children; DX Iraq, inspections, **bug in corner**, talking heads ;DX Brazil, Amazon fires, aerials of forest fires, in amazon rain forest, NX running animals, burned timber, refugees; DX France, Paris fashion, runways, models, evening fashions, CVC logan on background, designed waves; DX Switzerland, Men's downhill ski slalom, racing action, cheering crowd at the bottom on run, winner lays down in snow; DX Brazil, Whitbread Regatta, 12 meter yacht racing, aerial of boats in water at start of race, cu of sailing ships, chase boats;

02/06/70 C0008745 / COLOR VAL GARDENA, ITALY: DOWNHILL RACING. SHOWS WINNER ROSSI, FOURTH SCRANZ, THIRD MILNE. ALSO KIDD FIFTH, WHO WINS THE MEN'S COMBINED TITLE: LN 13373 "WORLD DOWNHILL" SHOWS: GV SKI SLOPES WITH SKI DISPLAY: MCU SIGN - VAL GARDENA (GROGEN) AND CROWD: MS SKI DISPLAY - THEN TRACK MARSHAL WITH FLAG CLEARS THE SLOPE FOR FIRST RACE: MS WINNER RUSSI DOWN SLOPE TO FINISH 2S: MS CROWD: MS SECOND CORDON DOWN SLOPE TO FINISH 2S: MS SPECTATORS ON TOP OF HILLS: MS FOURTH SCRANZ DOWN SLOPE TO FINISH 2S: MS SKIERS AT TOP WAIT FOR START: MS RUSSI COMPLETES HIS SECOND RUN: MS AMERICAN BILL KIDD, MEN'S COMBINED WINNER, DOWN SLOPE TO FINISH HE WAS FIFTH: (SHOT 2/15/70 75FT) SKIING ITALY - VAL GARDENA RUSSI, BERNHARD SCHRANZ, KARL KIDD, BILL CORDIN, KARL UPITN / 75 FT / 16 COL / PRINT / R36970

Graphic reading 'Ski races thrill Olympics'. Long high shot of skier skiing down mountain in St Moritz in the men's downhill event. Brief shot of watching spectators. Dramatic shot of Poland's Jan Pawlica as he takes a dramatic fall, in which he breaks both his legs. Nice shot of skier getting ready, and then setting off on his downhill run. Various shots of skiers heading down the run, as spectators watch on. More shots of skiers heading down the hill, some without helmets or goggles, and soldiers watching them as they pass. High shot of skier taking a tumble on a corner, then a dramatic fall as a skier seems to be knocked of his skis by a tree branch. Long shot of a skier's smooth run down a long hill, and a spectator watching on with binoculars. Then a dramatic shot as Italy's Zeno Colo takes a tumble down a long hill, before amazingly righting himself, and continuing his run. More shots of skiers on their way down the mountain, as spectators in sunglasses watch. Various shots of skiers speeding over the finish line. A TV camera man checks his equipment, as the crowd applaud, and France's Henri Oreiller crosses the line in record time. Ladies in the crowd applaud, and we see his time register on the scoreboard. Brief close up of Oreiller talking and looking tired.

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