6-Hour Splash

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2107
Date Released
20 Oct 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Expo ‘70
  2. 2News Scene: Synod of Bishops in Rome ... Tunisia - Recent Floods Leave 90,000 Homeless and at Least 350 Dead ... Largest Demonstration for Peace Ever Seen in the United States, Dr Benjamin Spock Underlines Objective of Moratorium Protest.
  3. 36-Hour Splash
  4. 4Photo-Cine
  5. 5Lunar Exhibition - A Colour Presentation of Man’s Journey into Space

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 6-Hour Splash. DESCRIPTION: Choppy weather conditions on the Seine present difficulties for contestants in the Six Hour Race for Outboard boats in Paris. SHOTLIST: GV motor boats speed through water. MS boats pass under bridges. MS pan No 18. GV boats through water. MS No 24 shot of boats through porthole. GV boats through water. MS pan No 13. GV pan boats pass under bridge. MS boats through water. Ditto slow motion. MS pan boat overturns. MCU pan No 22. MS pan No 22 overtakes No 10. GV boats racing. MCU pan No 22. MS ditto.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Speed records; Water sports; Newsreels
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
95275
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
Film clip

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