News in Brief: Olympic Yachts

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1425

Date Released

24 Sep 1956

Date Other

Sep 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Campbell Smashes Own Record
2. 2Suez Talks Continue
3. 3Toll of the Sea
4. 4The Toll of the Sea
5. 5News in Brief: Olympic Yachts
6. 6News in Brief: Dutch Crown Princess
7. 7News in Brief: Bakers Strike
8. 8News in Brief: Auto Race Accident
9. 9Trade Fair
10. 10Princess Margaret Leaves for Mombasa

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 10

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Olympic Yachts Being Loaded. DESCRIPTION: Going aboard the Motor Vessel, ‘Waipawa’ (at London Docks) five sleek racing yachts, entered for the Olympic Games, at Melbourne. SHOTLIST: Shots of ship Waipawa. Shot of Vision being loaded on the Waipawa. Shots of a ship being loaded on board. Shot of the ship Bluebottle which is owned by the Queen and Duke being loaded onto the ship. Shot of men positioning the boat. CU of the name plate Bluebottle.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

London Docks

Card file number

68295

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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