Challenge in Sail
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Challenge in Sail. DESCRIPTION: Sovereign and Constellation, old adversaries in the America’s Cup, are being used by the French as training craft for the French challenge in the race. At Plymouth, a steam boat, built in 1910, prepares for an epic journey across the Atlantic. Her American owner bought her recently in this country and expects to need fifty days and calm weather, to complete the journey home. SHOTLIST: MS men wetting sail on board boats. MS ditto. Pan up sail. MLS boats move past camera. GV ditto. LS ditto. GV pan ditto. LS boat keeling over. GV ditto. MS men at wheel of boat. GV boat keeling over. LS ditto. LS ditto. MS people following on cabin boat. GV boats under full sail. GV ditto. GV ditto. Slip pan. LS the steam boat Norian at quayside in Plymouth. CU name Norian. CU skipper of boat Mr Chadwell O’Connor. CU Mrs O’Connor. MS Mr and Mrs Chadwell O’ Connor. MLS yhe Norian at quayside. MLS Mrs O’ Connor raises American flag on ship. MLS yhe Norisn at quayside. MS name on ship as it passes away from quayside. LS yhe Norian as it leaves Plymouth. MS bow of ship. MS badge of Norian. GV the Norian underway.
- Keywords
- Sport; Ships and boats; History and archaeology
- Locations
- Plymouth; England; English Channel; Mediterranean Sea
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 91608
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Wanstall
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 185
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