Water Sport

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2047A

Date Released

29 Aug 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Sport British Water Skiing Championship. DESCRIPTION: A windy beach near Dymchurch on the English Channel, scene of the last round of the British Water-skiing Championships. The original idea was to ski to France and back, but bad weather changed the course. 18-year old John Boardman won with a lead of 5-miles. SHOTLIST: GV power boats on beach near Dymchurch. MS crew attending to boats and skis. MS competitor prepares skis. LAS speedboat. MCU girl competitor puts skis into boat. GV beach and spectators. GV speedboats launched into breakers. GV wind-sock. GV pan competitors skiing. GV pan ditto. MS spectators watch on beach. GV pan water skier. Aerial shot ditto, ditto. GV dinghy powered by an outboard at speed. GV pan water skier. Aerial shot ditto. GV crowds on beach. MS pan water skier. Ditto. GV ditto. MS spectators. MS winner, by five miles, John Boardman, completes course. MCU spectator. MCU John Boardman. MS ditto.

Keywords

Sport; Competitions; Youth

Locations

England; Dymchurch

Card file number

93884

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera: John Mould
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

147

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