Elfstedentocht 1942 Eleven Cities Skating Tour • @1MEMO 20260110

Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Skating Tour) Thursday 22 januari 1942 with extremely low temperatures, ranging from -33 Celcius at sunrise to -15 later that the day. Despite the German occupation, a record number of participants showed up at the start, 95% of whom managed to reach the finish. After the race, the Leeuwarden Diaconessen Hospital saw an influx of cold-related injuries. Many skaters suffered frostbite, including frostbitten eyes, ears, toes, hands, and even genitals. Some had to undergo amputations of their toes. Three tour riders later died in the hospital as a result of their frostbite injuries. (1).
Nazi-approved dutch cinema news 'Tobis Nieuws'.

#skate #race #Elfstedentocht #tour
#snow #winter #extreme #Holland #war #Tobis #film #news #cinema #Nazi #propaganda #Polygoon #OpenImages #1memo @1memo

Notes

Tocht van 1942. URL https://elfstedentocht.frl/tocht/de-tocht-van-1942/

Film source: Dutch newsreel by Polygoon (producer) in collaboration with the German Tobis Film for the Nazi controlled cinema news 'Tobis Nieuws' (Feb 1942). Courtesy of Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Open Images).

https://youtu.be/Two-sRYP20w

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Ski Holland Extreme Winter 1942 • @1MEMO 20260109

Skiing on the snow-covered Dutch dunes during the extreme winter of the war years 1941-42 in Holland. Nazi-approved dutch cinema news 'Tobis Nieuws'.

#snow #ski #winter #extreme #Holland #war #Tobis #film #news #cinema #Nazi #propaganda #Polygoon #OpenImages #1memo @1memo

Credits

Film source: Dutch newsreel by Polygoon (producer) in collaboration with the German Tobis Film for the Nazi controlled cinema news 'Tobis Nieuws' (Feb 1942). Courtesy of Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Open Images).

https://youtu.be/NXH44RYozus

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Parade • Igler Bergweihnacht #9 • Portrait #43 • @1MEMO 20251231 •

Still from the Christmas parade 2008 film.

Mountain Christmas in Igls, Tirol, 2008

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2008 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.


Watch the full film Mountain Christmas Tirol • Bergweihnacht Igls • 20090525 • URL https://youtu.be/SN3X2t-x9oQ

The 2008 Bergweihnacht music videos

Gloria • Christmas Music Edition • Tirol • 20171224 • The 2008 Bergweihnacht parade with music from Church Choir Igls-Lans • URL https://youtu.be/FZtnXDHY0gM

Christmas Song • Bergweihnacht Tyrol • 20161220 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/Yv5LwF7BtrM

Christmas Carols • 20201223 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/-lVw_fGIHac

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2009 and 2011 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23


TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Parade • Igler Bergweihnacht #8 • Portrait #42 • @1MEMO 20251230 •

Still from the Christmas parade 2008 film.

Mountain Christmas in Igls, Tirol, 2008

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2008 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.


Watch the full film Mountain Christmas Tirol • Bergweihnacht Igls • 20090525 • URL https://youtu.be/SN3X2t-x9oQ

The 2008 Bergweihnacht music videos

Gloria • Christmas Music Edition • Tirol • 20171224 • The 2008 Bergweihnacht parade with music from Church Choir Igls-Lans • URL https://youtu.be/FZtnXDHY0gM

Christmas Song • Bergweihnacht Tyrol • 20161220 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/Yv5LwF7BtrM

Christmas Carols • 20201223 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/-lVw_fGIHac

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2009 and 2011 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23


TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Parade • Igler Bergweihnacht #7 • Portrait #41 • @1MEMO 20251229 •

Still from the Christmas parade 2008 film.

Mountain Christmas in Igls, Tirol, 2008

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2008 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.


Watch the full film Mountain Christmas Tirol • Bergweihnacht Igls • 20090525 • URL https://youtu.be/SN3X2t-x9oQ

The 2008 Bergweihnacht music videos

Gloria • Christmas Music Edition • Tirol • 20171224 • The 2008 Bergweihnacht parade with music from Church Choir Igls-Lans • URL https://youtu.be/FZtnXDHY0gM

Christmas Song • Bergweihnacht Tyrol • 20161220 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/Yv5LwF7BtrM

Christmas Carols • 20201223 • Church Choir Igls-Lans in Igls, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/-lVw_fGIHac

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2009 and 2011 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23


TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Christmas Sheep • Igler Bergweihnacht #6 • Portrait #40 • @1MEMO 20251228 •

Video still of sheep & shepherd in the Mountain Christmas parade 2011.

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2011 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bergweihnacht Igls in 2011

Christmas Street Parade Tyrol • 20211223 • URL https://youtu.be/n7rH04Ogx-4

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2008 and 2009 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23

TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Christmas Shepherd • Igler Bergweihnacht #5 • Portrait #39 • @1MEMO 20251227 •

Video still of shepherd in the Mountain Christmas parade 2011.

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2011 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bergweihnacht Igls in 2011

Christmas Street Parade Tyrol • 20211223 • URL https://youtu.be/n7rH04Ogx-4

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2008 and 2009 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23

TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Mary & Baby Jesus • Igler Bergweihnacht #4 • Portrait #38 • @1MEMO 20251226 •

Image (video still) of Mary and baby Jesus in the Mountain Christmas parade 2011.

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night, December 23, 2011 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bergweihnacht Igls in 2011

Christmas Street Parade Tyrol • 20211223 • URL https://youtu.be/n7rH04Ogx-4

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2008 and 2009 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23

TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Mary & Baby Jesus • Igler Bergweihnacht #3 • Portrait #37 • @1MEMO 20251225 •

Image (video still) of Mary and baby Jesus in the Mountain Christmas parade 2009.

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night of December 23, 2009 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bergweihnacht Igls in 2009

Igler Bergweihnacht 2009
Igler Bergweihnacht Tirol • 20231223 • Church Choir Igls-Lans on the village square in Igls (Tyrol) Austria, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/lXL7vMIY0aY

Christmas Carols • Tiroler Weihnachtslieder • Igler Bergweihnacht 2009 • 20231224 • URL https://youtu.be/JRpQxxTu8-4

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2008 and 2011 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23

TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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Mountain Christmas in Igls • Igler Bergweihnacht #2 • Portrait #36 • @1MEMO 20251224 •

Image (video still) of the head of the Mountain Christmas parade 2009.

Atmospheric, lantern-lit, traditional Mountain Christmas parade in the town center of Igls in Tyrol, featuring around 200 local villagers, mainly young kids, beautifully dressed as angels, night guards, farmers or shepherds and shepherd boys with animals, as well as Mary and baby Jesus in a traditional sledge with Joseph on foot, that night of December 23, 2009 in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria.

Bergweihnacht Igls in 2009

Igler Bergweihnacht 2009
Igler Bergweihnacht Tirol • 20231223 • Church Choir Igls-Lans on the village square in Igls (Tyrol) Austria, 2008 • URL https://youtu.be/lXL7vMIY0aY

Christmas Carols • Tiroler Weihnachtslieder • Igler Bergweihnacht 2009 • 20231224 • URL https://youtu.be/JRpQxxTu8-4

More Bergweihnacht films of the years 2008 and 2011 in this previous post - URL https://1-memo.com/2025/12/23


TAGS #Austria #Bergweihnacht #Igls #Innsbruck #mountain #christmas #tradition #folklore #Tirol #Weihnachten #kerstmis #parade #Umzug #1MEMO


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