Archer Winsten (September 18, 1904 – February 21, 1997) was an American

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from the late 1930s through the early 1980s. He was a graduate of

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and a judge for many years of the International Ski Film Festival when it was held annually in

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. For many years, he regularly reviewed movies for the ''

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''.

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