Surfing’s Greatest

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2019

Date Released

12 Feb 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Young Style
2. 2Cold Progress
3. 3Table Tops
4. 4Feeling Woolly?
5. 5Girls on Target
6. 6Surfing’s Greatest

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Surfing’s Greatest. DESCRIPTION: Tribute to The Duke - Hawaii’s first Olympic Gold Medallist - the greatest name in Surfing. SHOTLIST: MS men surfers. MS Duke Kahahamoki of Hawaii. CU ditto. MS surfers. MS ditto. MS the Duke of Kahahamoki stands on his head whilst surfing. MS (slow motion) the Duke surfing, he falls off surf-board into water. CU name Duke on surf-board. Pan down to the Duke.

Keywords

Sport; Water sports; Newsreels

Locations

Australia; Surfers’ Paradise

Footage sources

Australia
Library

Card file number

93213

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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