Surfing Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2471
Date Released
10 Oct 1976
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Surfing Championships
  2. 2Blackpool Illuminations
  3. 3Munich Beer Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Surfing Championships. DESCRIPTION: Watergate Bay, Newquay was the venue for the National Surfing Championships. The surf was only running moderately, so the competition is not as spectacular as a heavy sea would have made it. But there were still plenty of spills and for the winner, Graham Nile, the European Championships in the future. SHOTLIST: GV Watergate car park. Pan sea. MS surfboard on top of car. MCU man working on surfboard, tilt down surfboard. CU man’s face. CU man working on board. MCU man putting on helmet of wet suit. MCU another man putting on identification vest. MS men with boards, walking out to sea. MS men walking in sea. MS inside control caravan. Trophies on window ledge. MS man in control caravan with binoculars. MS man riding wave. Pan to another man. First man falls in. MS man riding wave. He falls in. Pan another man who also falls in. MS two people riding wave. MS three judges at water’s edge. CU judge’s clip board. MS two people riding wave. They both fall in. MS people on shore watching. MS man riding wave. He steps off board. MS man riding wave. MS man in control caravan with binoculars watching. MS trophies on table. MS Graham Nile of St. Austel, British champion with trophy under arm towards Mrs Denzil Smith, wife of President of Welsh Federation and receives two other trophies. MCU Mr Graham Nile with trophy.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Competitions; Ceremonies
Locations
Cornwall; Newquay
Card file number
76/183
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
167
Story extras:
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