Speed Record Sailing Boat

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2261

Date Released

2 Oct 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sea Angling Festival
2. 2Speed Record Sailing Boat
3. 3Lifeboat Trials
4. 4French Pretender Weds [Sic]
5. 5Apes V Humans Soccer
6. 6Newmarket Horse Sales
7. 7Chelsea Antiques Fair
8. 8Chess with Living Figures
9. 9Underwater Chess

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed Record Sailing Boat. DESCRIPTION: 40 knots and more can be obtained from the Flying Proa. SHOTLIST: LV sailing speed vessel, 60’ long Flying Proa being prepared for first trials. SV men on outrigger. SV pan Flying Proa boat at speed, at 30’ then outrigger rises out of water and then slowly drops in to sea. LV partly sunk boat. SV pan along outrigger to men sitting on narrow craft. GV partly sunken boat.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Weymouth

Card file number

98508A

Credits:

Camera

David Allan

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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