New Way to Water-Ski

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Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1824A
Date Released
21 May 1964
Date submitted
16 May 1964
Date submitted
14 May 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sunshine and Show Jumpers
  2. 2World Champs on Ice
  3. 3New Way to Water-Ski
  4. 4White City - Turning on the Heat
  5. *Whit-Monday Procession

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Way to Water-Ski. DESCRIPTION: Here’s the answer for water skiers who want to go it alone, a 6-foot tow-craft, controlled by the skier himself, and capable of towing him at any speed up to 28 miles an hour. It was demonstrated for us at a water ski club in Hertfordshire. SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS 2 skiers look at new towcraft (Wankel rotary engine). CU towcraft. CU controls. MS skier towed by craft. MS 2 skiers being towed. TS one skier being towed. MLS skier on tow into shore. MS 3 skiers pull away from bank. TS skier pulled by towcraft (2 shots).
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Water sports; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
Hertfordshire; Ware
Card file number
88339
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
96
Story extras:
Film clip

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