Lapwing Wins Tideway

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1883A

Date Released

8 Jul 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Beatrix and Claus
2. 2Lapwing Wins Tideway
3. 3Leaning Tower Still Leaning
4. 4Put a Punch in Your Shopping
5. 5Eight Under Four! (+ Dublin & Floods)
6. 6Plane Crash - Forty One Die

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lapwing Wins Tideway. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the Thames Tideway race. An event for eight classes of sailing dinghy. Winner was James Hawker in Lapwing. SHOTLIST: GV boats at Putney (start). MLS crew putting up mast. MLS naval crew moving boat. MS man looking through binoculars. GV boats starting at Putney. LS ditto. GV boats going towards Tower Bridge. GV ditto. LS crew putting mast back into position after going under low bridge. GV boats passing Battersea Power Station. MLS boats on way to Tower Bridge. GV ditto. LS ditto. LS National boats towards Tower Bridge. LS OKs towards Tower Bridge. GV boats past Westminster. GV ditto. LS Nationals on way to finish of first leg. MLS boat towards Tower Bridge. GV boats at Tower Bridge. MS man looking through binoculars. GV boats starting back towards Putney. LS ditto. LS ditto. The winner was James Hawker in a Graduate dinghy, called Lapwing.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Competitions

Locations

London

Card file number

89888

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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