In the Swim

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2134A
Date Released
30 Apr 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Hover Rail Test Track
  2. 2Child Drivers
  3. 3In the Swim
  4. 4Motor Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In the Swim. DESCRIPTION: A decorated swimming pool on Waterloo Station will be a refreshing sight for travellers. In France, babies from six months old are taught to adapt themselves underwater - psychologists say it builds their confidence. Swedish racehorses are provided with a heated swimming pool in the stables - to keep fit in the hard winter; and from Poland a brilliant comedy diving team entertain a young audience. SHOTLIST: Waterloo Pool - London 60’ GV people at Waterloo Station (fast motion). LV ditto. CU poster - Bournemouth. CU girl on poster on lib, other poster, girls in swimsuits. Clock 8.45. SV city gent checks watch, looks about. CUs pan down dummy model to pool on station. CU schoolgirl on rubber raft. Shot through girls legs of pool and city gent walks up to meet girl in swimsuit. 3 CUs city gent raises hat, girl smiles. Station porters match. SV gent removes shoes. CU 2 porters watch. Gent’s legs. Girl’s legs in water pan to both smiling. Child Swimmer - France 47’ SCU child in water with mother. SV men holding babies splash them with water. SV baby passed to mother in water. 3 SCUs woman waves through underwater window. Baby (underwater) rises to surface. SCU baby in water with mother. SV (underwater) baby and mother submerge. SCU baby and father in water. SV (underwater) baby and father submerge. Horses Swimming Pool - Sweden 54’ SV horse swimming in narrow pool. GV pan man leading horse through pool. LV horse led toward and past through pool. SV hot air dryer. SCU horse being rubbed down. Comedy Diving Team - Poland 46’ TV clown with broom falls from diving board. CU children laugh. LV man jumping on diving board - other runs under feet and dives. TV rest of men follow. LAV pan as men dive from board - man’s trousers remains pinned to board. LV men embrace as they dive. LV pan down man on bike rides off edge of board.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Animals; Newsreels
Locations
France; London; Sweden; Poland
Footage sources
France
Card file number
95876
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
207
Story extras:
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