Learning on ScreenClipper Race
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: From London, a report on the start of one of the most exciting sailing races ever staged - the round-the-world Clipper Race to Australia and back. Four modern yachts are attempting to beat the 106 year old record set up by the wool clipper Patriarch in 1869 of 69 days each way - and to beat each other in the process. Maron Foster watches the four boats in preparation, and talks to some of their crews in London’s spanking new yacht haven, St Catherine’s Dock. Then, with an armada of boats ranging from tall sailing ships to small launches, she follows the competitors down the Thames for the start of the race...
- Researcher Comments
- Vessels featured include the British entry, ‘Great Britain II’; the French-backed ‘Kriter II’; Holland’s ‘The Great Escape’; and Italy’s ‘Busnelli’. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Sport; Ships and boats; Sailing
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/874
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Camera
- AI Films
- Support services
- Alison Hawkes
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Presenter
- Esmeralda Reyna
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- J.P. Evans
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Producer
- Sylvia Eley
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
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