News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date submitted

9 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Queen in the Western Isles
• 2. Aviation: Naval Air Display
• 3. Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
• 4. Aviation: Airlift
• 5. Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
• 6. Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
• 7. Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
• 8. Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
• 9. Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
• 10. Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
• 11. Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
• *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Section Title

Sporting Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Diving Maniacs. DESCRIPTION: At Seattle, Washington a demonstration given by Diving Maniacs. SHOTLIST: Various shots of men performing tricks on a diving board and diving into the water. Man on rocking chair on diving board, rocks back and forwards and falls off diving board into water. Fat man dives into the water.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Stunts

Locations

United States of America; Seattle

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

67855

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

38

Story extras:

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