Rock Around the Pool

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1835
Date Released
3 Aug 1964
Date submitted
23 Jul 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Glorious Goodwood
  2. 2Rock Around the Pool
  3. 3High on a Windy Tower
  4. 4Training for Tokyo

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rock Around the Pool. DESCRIPTION: At Essen, in West Germany, a wave-making machine has been installed in one of the swimming pools there. The wave-maker sends the swell rolling down the pool - to break on the paddlers at the shallow end. A boon to the local folk, who rarely get a chance to visit the sea. SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS swimming pool. GV crowds. CU controls of wave-making machine. MS wave-making machine. CU same. GV people in pool with waves. MS pan same. MLS people climbing out of pool. GV pan swimmers in pool. GV same. MS same. MS wave-making machine. MS bathers getting into pool. GV same in pool (2 shots).
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Essen; West Germany
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
88653
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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