Diving - Happy Landings

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1104
Date Released
31 Jul 1950
Date submitted
27 Jul 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Diving - Happy Landings. DESCRIPTION: All the best diving competitions are introduced by a display of glamorous water-nymphs - and the recent meeting at Minneapolis was no exception. SHOTLIST: KS. Girls diving into water one after the other. Elevated GV of many girls in swimming pools, swimming in formation & patterns - several shots. Syncronised swimming. Various shots of crazy men diving from board into water.
Keywords
Sport; Women
Locations
Minneapolis
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54106
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Diving - Happy Landings', British Movietone News Issue No. 1104, 31 Jul 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16567 (Accessed 15 Jan 2026)