The Boat Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2589

Date Released

14 Jan 1979

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Boat Show. DESCRIPTION: Mrs Margaret Thatcher officially opened this year’s Boat Show at Earls Court and took a trip across the pool in the Royal Navy’s jackstay which is normally used to transport goods and personnel between ships at sea. Popular with the younger visitors to the Show was the pool and wind machine that allowed them their first try at dinghy sailing. Boats in all sizes and price ranges were on display. SHOTLIST: GV pan interior Earls Court Boat Show. Pan to compass to man at winch on boat, to man operating winch to hoist sail. LAS sail hoisted. GV ditto. MS Mrs Margaret Thatcher steps onto yacht. GV ditto into cabin. MS inside cabin. MS out of cabin. CU ditto. CU Margaret Thatcher holding ship’s wheel. GV ‘Mirage’ yacht. CU ditto control panel. MS model leaves controls and descends from bridge deck to saloon. MS model into cabin. CU ditto. MS model in cabin. CU model ship prepared for insertion into a bottle. CU model inserted. CU Jack Needham. CU completed boat in bottle. MS ship in a book. CU clipper ship in book. MS Norman Gaches and Jack Whitehead carving figureheads. CU pan figurehead to Jack Whitehead carving. CU chisel cutting wood. Pan completed figures. MS wind-surfer simulator. CU ditto mast joint. MS wind-surfer simulator in use. CU ditto with operators. MS ditto. CU wind machine of Rocklye Point Sailing School on water tank with sailing dinghy. CU on board dinghy. GV dinghy goes about. CU on board dinghy. MS Margaret Thatcher in breeches boy, (being transported over show pool). Various ditto. LS pan makes return trip. GV Riva boats. CU Riva 48 (£220,000) most expensive in show. MS on board Riva 48 girl into cabin and onto bed. MS girl out of galley. GV girl onto bridge. GV girl from bridge to saloon.

Keywords

Politics and government; Ships and boats; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; Earls Court

Card file number

79/1

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

428

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