The Sea Takes Toll

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1186

Date Released

25 Feb 1952

Date submitted

11 Feb 1952

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sea Takes Its Toll. DESCRIPTION: The sport of water-skiing finds many Mexican enthusiasts; and, in a recent tournament with American experts at Acapulco, the highlight was the jumping contest. At Freshwater Beach, Sydney, the big surf took over complete control during the beach carnival. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Girls holding water skis down steps towards beach. Several shots of water skiing, one successful, others crash. This is at Acapulco, Mexico. At Freshwater Bay, Sydney, life-saving teams rowing out to sea in high breakers. Several crashing, one gets through. Being swept back to the beach, all crashing from time to time, sea turning them over & one boat crashes into another.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Women; Environment; Competitions; Water sports

Footage sources

United States of America
Australia

Card file number

56789

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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