"RHYTHM ON WHEELS" 1944 GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHT ROLLER SKATES & ROLLER SKATING XD51514
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Presented by U.M. & M. Corporation and Adolph Zukor as part of the Grantland Rice Sportlight series, this black and white newsreel style film is titled “Rhythm on Wheels” and was originally released in 1944. It showcases the history and rise in popularity of roller skating as a cultural phenomenon in the United States. “Rhythm on Wheels” was produced by Jack Eaton and narrated by Ted Husing however additional commentary was done by Justin Herman and associates Russell Ervin and Rod Warren. Approved by the Amateur Roller Skating Association of the United States, the film presents the roller rink as a new kind of community center where athleticism and music go hand in hand to create a style of folk dancing that is typically American and at the time was the fastest growing amateur sport in America.
Opening credits (0:10). Young girls roller skate down the sidewalk (0:35). Young boys tie laces of roller skates before a street hockey game (0:48). Twin City Arena roller skating rink in Elizabeth, New Jersey entrance (1:31). Crowded interior of roller skating rink while swing band plays music in the background (1:42). Skate rental booth (2:10). Close up of a type of clamp skate nicknamed The Chopper (2:21). Close up of roller skate boots with precision skates (2:35). Teens sit and lace up skates at the rink (2:54). Couples do partner skating and synchronized dance (3:02). Close up of someone’s feet wearing roller skates, analysis of their capabilities (3:36). Frank Copeland skates and does tricks around an empty rink (3:42). Shot from Jones Beach, New York of June Hendricks who was Novice United States Single Champion (4:39). June Hendricks skates around an empty outdoor rink and does a split, Salchow Jump, and Jackson Haines Spin (4:46). Two young women do precision synchronized skating (5:09). William Bickmeyer Jr. tying up laces who was United States Senior Champion (5:50). William Bickmeyer Jr. does different tricks around the rink like Loop Jump (5:55). Ernie Wetler demonstrates skills of acrobatics on wheels like Axel Paulsen Jump, Waltz Jumps, Loop Jumps, and a split (6:15). Couple dances on wheels at the rink - Tango, Fox Trot (7:15). Different couples dance around the skate rink (7:44). Close up of the feet of a couple as they do the Fourteen Step (8:23). Skaters skate over to a bench on the side of the rink (9:08).
U.M. & M. Corporation was an American media company best known as the original purchaser of the pre-October 1950 short films and cartoons produced by paramount Pictures. The TV company was in operation from 1954 until 1957.
Henry Grantland “Granny” Rice was an early 20th century American sportswriter. In 1914 he began his Sportlight column in the New York Tribune and later went on to do the monthly Grantland Rice Sportlights as part of Paramount Newsreels from 1925-1954.
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Gosh that bought back some happy memories for me! Back in the 70's I learned hos to do all those dances and could probably still remember how to do them! Sadly there are no local rinks any more. Such a fun sport though! Thanks for the happy memories:-)
2:42 😂😂😂 I’ve said for years cheap rentals are just enough to make someone get their kicks and not skate again for a while. Skating got fun when I got a custom pair with quality bearings and wheels.
Originally released by Paramount in October 1944, this was one of the 200 "Grantland Rice Sportlight" shorts- along with other pre-1950 live-action shorts and Paramount's 1929-1950 cartoon library (including the Fleischer productions)- that were sold to U.M.& M. for TV distribution in November 1955 for over three and a half million dollars. As part of the deal, the title cards had to be refilmed to eliminate the Paramount logos......and they did it on all the 35mm negatives. 😠
🎶aaahh, skate 🛼 aaand bounce 🎶
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It’s such a shame that skating lost favors with the American public. I stopped going because of gang and drug activity at the rinks along with the violence they brought. It really was good, inexpensive fun.
@sapphpirate
2 жыл бұрын
Skating has been back and trendy again for like the last 5 years now.
@y2kaydee
2 жыл бұрын
I highly suggest investing in your own pair of skates and some outdoor wheels so you can skate wherever and whenever you want😁
@jerseygirl82
2 жыл бұрын
Not true. It depends on where you live in the US. Skating is ridiculously popular in cities like Atlanta, GA.
@CopperHueCollectionsChippewa
2 жыл бұрын
@@y2kaydee i’ve pretty much do not travel anywhere without my quads.
@CopperHueCollectionsChippewa
2 жыл бұрын
@@jerseygirl82 they are actually correct there’s only a handful of cities where it’s still popular. If you are melanin like me then you know that majority of our skin skating rinks are closed due to violence. I’m from Wilmington Delaware we had the most popular rink in DE PA NJ area and ours was closed down because of people from Philly coming to Delaware to shoot up our skating rink. The next popular one was in New Jersey is to was closed down for violence as well as two in the city of Philadelphia. Philly in New Jersey now have skating rinks that are booming again but they were closed for years.
This roller skating short film highlighted how popular roller skating was many decades ago. It is a shame that roller skating is not nearly as popular as it used to be although lately due to the COVID-19 pandemic roller skating regained some popularity. I especially like the roller dancing and free style artistic roller skating in this film. However, this film highlighted the lack of people of colour at the mostly white owned roller rinks, who were not allowed in most white owned roller rinks in the USA during that time period due to racism and discrimination, which is very sad.
I wish that roller skating hasn’t taken a bad fall and has gone by the wayside like other sports. It was a place of wonder ans so much fun when I was growing up. The guy who owned the rink taught other skills as well and I learned how to be a rink guard and good rink etiquette. I got involved with roller derby and tried to teach good rink skills when I worked as a rink guard myself. The kids that got dropped off by parents were from a whole different generation that I grew up in. Disrespectful, rink rats who cared only about themselves. They hated me because I had no problem kicking them off
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2 жыл бұрын
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MY BUDDY RED CROSS COULD DO HIS BEST SKATE CRACKSHOTS SUCH AS CRISS CROSSING THE PYLONS AND ROLLER SKATE RACING
Beautiful, feminine ladies back then.
No f ancyf.oxtroting please