Regatta in Ghana

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1502A

Date Released

20 Mar 1958

Date submitted

14 Mar 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1London Greets Queen Mother
2. 2Regatta in Ghana
3. 3A-Bomb Dropped
4. 4Festival of Movement
5. 5Rugger - Scotland V England
6. 6The Greatest Sporting Event of the Year the Grand National Only to Be Seen on Your Cinema Screen
7. *Wales Beat Ireland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ghana Regatta. DESCRIPTION: Many of the crews were entered by the local Lighterage Companies of Accra; and loading cocoa beans is part of their job. Ghana’s big regatta was a social occasion, too. The Minister of Health and his wife attended. SHOTLIST: GV crowds on quay. MS crowds cheering on beach. GV men load boats for race. MS Minister of Health & wife. MS start of race. LS same. CU Minister of Information & Broadcasting and wife. 2 shots racing. Crowds. Finish of race. Excited crowds.

Keywords

Sport; Politics and government; Environment; Social events; Water sports

Locations

Ghana; Accra Harbour

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

73120

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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