A Watery Holiday Sport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1157
Date Released
6 Aug 1951
Date submitted
31 Jul 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Watery Holiday Sport. DESCRIPTION: At Steyr in Austria, they’ve been holding the world championship slalom race for Kayak canoes. Eleven countries competing - but no Eskimos. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. SCU person in kayak passing camera. Various shots of men racing in rather rough water of kayak race. Majority capsizing before finishing the course. The winner comes in, & hugged by girl.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Environment
Locations
Steyr; Austria
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
55855
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Watery Holiday Sport', British Movietone News Issue No. 1157, 6 Aug 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17288 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)