Moat Boat Race
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moat Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: A boat race in the moat around the Bishop’s Palace in the City of Wells, Somerset. SHOTLIST: GV City of Wells & Cathedral. SCU City of Wells sign. GV Cathedral & moat. SV boats being prepared on side of moat. SV boat by bank of moat. SV pan children on one of the boats. SV woman on raft by bank. SV people on and around a fairly big boat at bank. STV 2 people in small bath boat paddling away from bank. SV people lined up in boats across moat at start. LV start on bank pan to boats starting off. SCU 3 people in boat, 2 paddling away. SV pan competitors paddling away. LV competitors. SCU bath tub boat with 2 people paddling away. SV raft with 3 people on board. CU ditto paddle hitting water. SV competitors battling it out. SCU girl in bikini on raft. SCU girl on raft not paddling just looking around, zoom out to show boats at finish. GV people behind coming in. CU boat in shape of hippo. GV crowd. GV Bishops Challenge race in progress. SV man in row boat pushing man in water away from his boat as he tries to board, pan to another in a row boat, the man in water capsizes man in boat. GV crowd applauding and laughing. SV 2 men splashing about in water.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Competitions; Fundraising; Celebrations and festivals
- Locations
- Wells
- Card file number
- 99990
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Paul Kavanagh
- Length of story (in feet)
- 212
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