Speed Sailing

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2262A

Date Released

12 Oct 1972

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed Sailing - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Weymouth Harbour - the scene for a high speed regatta - Crossbow achieves a World Record speed of 26.3 knots. SHOTLIST: GV Weymouth Harbour boats being prepared. 4 SVs, No 4 Icarus being prepared, towards No 9 Kotaha being carried down to beach, pan ditto as it is carried into sea. LV No 8 Foiler III in sea being prepared. LV No 10 Twinkle Toes being carried into sea SV pan No 14 Hustler carried into sea. SLV pan No 5 Crossbow showing streamlined hull (under sail at sea). SLV No 23 Cora under sail. CU girl time-keeper. LV No 22 Cento under sail, crew member on outrigger. LV pan Tornacious (sail No K109) under sail. SLV No 2 Foil Cat. LV No 12 catamaran with 3 sails built by Bill Hatch of Dorset. SLV pan No 4 Icarus 2nd place. SV bow of one float of No 4 shot from bow. FV deck of No 4 shot from bow. LV No 5 Crossbow. SLV No 4 Icarus. SV bow of float of No 4. FV deck of No 4 (shot from bow). SV along side of No 4 (from bow). LV pan No 5 Crossbow coming in to win, crosses finish at 163’. SV sea cadet watching through binoculars. SLV pan No 5.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

Weymouth

Card file number

98507

Credits:

Camera: David Allan
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

183

Story extras:

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