The Sea Takes Toll

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1186
Date Released
25 Feb 1952
Date submitted
11 Feb 1952
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sea Takes Its Toll. DESCRIPTION: The sport of water-skiing finds many Mexican enthusiasts; and, in a recent tournament with American experts at Acapulco, the highlight was the jumping contest. At Freshwater Beach, Sydney, the big surf took over complete control during the beach carnival. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Girls holding water skis down steps towards beach. Several shots of water skiing, one successful, others crash. This is at Acapulco, Mexico. At Freshwater Bay, Sydney, life-saving teams rowing out to sea in high breakers. Several crashing, one gets through. Being swept back to the beach, all crashing from time to time, sea turning them over & one boat crashes into another.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Women; Environment; Competitions; Water sports
Footage sources
United States of America
Australia
Card file number
56789
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Sea Takes Toll', British Movietone News Issue No. 1186, 25 Feb 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17622 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)