High as a Kite

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1780
Date Released
15 Jul 1963
Date submitted
10 Jul 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1State Visit - A Summing Up
  2. 2High as a Kite
  3. 3Aviation - They Made History
  4. 4Sydney Suffers Big Wet

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High As a Kite. DESCRIPTION: One of the members of the Ruislip Water-Ski Club tries out Kite Skiing. It’s a sport which provides something of that dream-like sensation of bird-flight. Robert Jurgens, the Dutch water-ski champion finds no problem getting that lighter-than-air feeling. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Ruislip skier straps kite on. MS same. GV skier fails to get airborne (pan). GV same. GV skier sinks into water. GV Robert Jurgens (Dutch water-ski champ) gets airborne. GV pan - same in air. GV same. GV Jurgens flies off into the distance.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Middlesex; Ruislip
Card file number
86903
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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