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White Water Canoe Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2387
Date Released
2 Mar 1975
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Prince Charles Visits New Delhi
  2. 2Canoe Exhibition
  3. 3White Water Canoe Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canoe Slalom. DESCRIPTION: White water canoeing, the way to separate the men from the boys. At Llangollen its wet, rough and cold, but in a one seat canoe where you are both skipper and crew, you rely on your own skills and endurance. SHOTLIST: CU running water. SV canoes leaning against wall. SV man climbing over wall with canoe. CU man putting on helmet. CU girl ditto, man ditto, SV man getting in canoe at water’s edge. CU man in canoe. GV canoes milling about on river. SV starter with megaphone. SV zoom back canoeist starting. CU starter. SV pan canoeist starting. GV zoom in canoeist on course. SV pan ditto manoeuvring through poles. SV canoeist manoeuvring through poles. LV pan canoeist going into rapids. SV canoeist through poles. LV canoeist through rapids & poles. FV ditto in rapids rolls to one side and misses poles. LV canoeist in rapids zoom out. BV canoe turning in water. FV canoeist coming down rapids through poles. CU canoeist. FV woman in rapids through poles. CU Chester canoeist coming down through rapids. SV pan canoeist paddling up round pole then down with river through poles. LV zoom canoeist coming into last stretch. SV canoeist backing through poles. LV pan canoeist coming into finish. CU cup on table. SV cup being awarded to Jim Dolan of Edinburgh. CU shield on table. SV shield being presented to Chester team. LV pan man walking off with canoe on his shoulder. Scenic Stock Shots of Wales Picturesque bridge over river. River with fast flowing rapids - very good. Wooded hills - show pan shot. CU swirling waters into camera. Pretty scenes of river. Bridges etc. Some shots give full focus effect.
Keywords
Sport; Ceremonies; Scenery and travel
Locations
Wales; Llangollen
Card file number
75/71
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Length of story (in feet)
279
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