Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date submitted

9 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen in the Western Isles
2. 2Aviation: Naval Air Display
3. 3Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
4. 4Aviation: Airlift
5. 5Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
6. 6Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
7. 7Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
8. 8Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
9. 9Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
10. 10Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
11. 11Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
12. *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Section Title

Sporting Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Diving Maniacs. DESCRIPTION: At Seattle, Washington a demonstration given by Diving Maniacs. SHOTLIST: Various shots of men performing tricks on a diving board and diving into the water. Man on rocking chair on diving board, rocks back and forwards and falls off diving board into water. Fat man dives into the water.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Stunts

Locations

United States of America; Seattle

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

67855

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

38

Story extras:

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