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Skiing Inside Madison Square Garden in 1936

Skiing Inside Madison Square Garden in 1936
Special thanks to Culture Films
In 1936 a giant ski slope was constructed inside Madison Square Garden to show off and promote skiing to the 200,000 spectators. Ski "god" Hannes Schneider and famed racer Otto Lang took to the slope which was built of wood and covered in shaved ice.

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