Water Ski Grand Prix

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2562

Date Released

9 Jul 1978

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ritz Casino
2. 2Victoria the Giraffe
3. 3Water Ski Grand Prix

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Ski Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: Competitors from all over Europe were at Burnham-on-Sea for the British Water Ski Racing Grand Prix. But Britain managed to take the first three places, with British and European Champion, Billy Rixon, overall winner. SHOTLIST: MS pull back from boat being lifted by crane. MS man operating crane. MS boat No 4 in air - sky in background. MS boat lowered into sea. Boat ‘Blue Mink’ in water. Various of boats on land and in the water with people looking on, with some aerial views. Pan start of race zoom into skier. Aerial view of speedboats. Aerial ditto. Aerial ditto zoom into skier. Various views of race including aerial and from boat CU of choppy water - good shots of skiers going round course. GV helicopter pacing the race - one skier falls in. Pan No 184 - eventual winner. MS Billy Rixon winner. MS photographers. MS winner with others. 1st - Billy Rixon, 2nd - Stephen Coe, 3rd - David Martin.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Burnham-on-Sea

Card file number

78/110

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Camera

Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

344

Story extras:

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