Water Skier

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

038

Date Released

19 Sep 1955

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Narrow Gauge Railway
2. 2Miniature Fairground
3. 3Water Skier
4. 4Ostend

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Meet Aleks Wozniak who’s prepared to risk his neck by crossing the Channel on water skis - without a towing boat. Aleks intended to float across on finely shaped ski floats of his own design but it wasn’t as easy as it looked - better luck next time!

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Channel Water Skier".

Keywords

Curiosities; Water sports

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Length of story (in feet)

103

Story extras:

Film clip

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