Sailing on Sand

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1781

Date Released

22 Jul 1963

Date submitted

14 Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sailing on Sand
2. 2The Serious Teenager
3. 3Driving with a Difference
4. 4Flying Saucers - Have They Landed
5. 5A Slushy Ending

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sailing on Sand. DESCRIPTION: The Sand-Yacht Racing Club at Lytham St Annes, with over 200 members, is one of the largest on the North West Coast. They build their own yachts. It’s a family affair, in fact they’ve got 80 families on the books. Every year, three or four enter for International Contests on the Continent. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV beach. MS same. CU hoisting sail. MS same. CU pumping up wheels of craft. MCU man enters craft. CU man testing steering wheel. MS dog jumps into craft. CU man with loud hailer. GV craft being pushed at start of race. GV race. CU same. LS same. GV same. MLS tracking shot of race. CU wheel. CU pan of craft. CU another. MS craft swerves. MLS another craft overturns. Lytham St Annes Club has now over 200 active members and all their yachts are hand-built.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Sailing; Landforms

Locations

Lancashire; Lytham St Anne’s

Card file number

86930

Credits:

Camera

Keith Medley

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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