Over the Rapids

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1404A
Date Released
3 May 1956
Date submitted
Apr 1956
Date submitted
30 Apr 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Iraq-Giant Barrage
  2. 2Bond Street Parade
  3. 3Art in the Open
  4. 4Italian President in Paris
  5. 5Over the Rapids
  6. 6The Blues Serenade Venice
  7. 7Troop Plane Crash
  8. 8A Naval Occasion
  9. 9Cyprus Bulletin
  10. *St Helens Win Cup
  11. *Queen Mother in Forfar

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Over the Rapids. DESCRIPTION: It’s not a race - it’s an argument. A dispute with the rapids, on the McKenzie River, in Oregon. Old man river defies any kind of boat or raft, to cover the seventeen mile course, the right way up. SHOTLIST: Various shots of rapids. Race in dinghies over the rapids. McKenzie river. Shots of dinghies and boats over turning.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Water sports
Locations
United States of America; Oregon
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
66793
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
48
Story extras:
Film clip

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