New Way to Water-Ski

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:

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