News in Cinemascope: Cowes Week
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- British Movietone News
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- News in Cinemascope
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Cinemascope Cowes Week (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: The first Cowes Week was held in 1826 - between members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Today it is one of the main yachting events of the year. Cowes Week actually lasts nine days, and the regatta offers something for everybody and every class of boat. From the big cruisers of up to sixty feet, to the humblest dinghy. Prince Philip was to introduce Princess Anne to his favourite sport, we photographed them on board Bloodhound. They were about to race for the Britannia Challenge Cup, one of the biggest events of the week. But it was rather tame for the Princess. Virtually no wind at all for seven hours! There are over a hundred and fifty races during the week and almost seven hundred yachts. SHOTLIST: Main Title and News in Cinemascope. GV Shamford (now Cowes). GV pan same. LAS ferry boat Vecta past camera. GV yachts in harbour. GV Freshwater Bay (2 shots). MLS same. MS children swimming. MCU two women. MS people on beach. MS people sunbathing. GV Alum Bay. MLS thatched cottage. MS pan train past camera. MLS Calbourne. MS pan Sandown train past camera. LAS statues. LAS more. LS Osbourne House. LS Osbourne House gardens. MS hovercraft lands on beach. GV bay. GV busy street in Cowes. GV another. GV yachts in bay. MS people watching and pan to yachts in bay. LS ships. MLS British escort ship Wakeful. LAS royal yacht Britannia. MS Prince Philip and Princess Anne aboard Bloodhound. CU man looks through telescope. MCU Prince Philip and Princess Anne on Bloodhound. GV mass yachts. MS more. GV yachts in bay. MLS yachts with all sails set. MS yacht’s spinnaker. MS same (3 shots). MLS yacht with sails set. GV bay at night with moored ships. GV same with moored yachts. MS yachts in mooring. MS man washing deck of yacht. MS two girls and man doing likewise. MS men pulling up sails and pan to sails. LS yacht. MCU cannon firing. MS smaller class boat. MS pan another. MLS more. MS another. MLS cannon firing. MCU on board yacht. MCU man pulling rope to tighten sheets. MS man tightening sheets. MS man standing at front of yacht. MS man at helm of yacht. TS water. LS yacht in full sail. CU man looks through binoculars. MLS Prince Philip in Coweslip with Uffa Fox. MS same. MLS Duke and Uffa Fox go away from camera. End Title.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Sport; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Transport; Sailing
- Locations
- Isle of Wight; Cowes
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 88681
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 605
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