Dry Diving

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1670A
Date Released
8 Jun 1961
Date submitted
29 May 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Winter Training (Dry Diving). DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show Graham Ryan, Olympian Barry Homes and Susan Knight practising their diving skill on dry land. Former Australian champ, Jack Barnett gives them tuition at Sydney. Even in Australia’s Winter season, stars of the springboard must keep fit and practise! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Graham Ryan practising diving - somersaults off into sand. MS Barry Homes somersaulting off board. MS Jack Barnett giving them tuition. GV Susan Knight on trampoline. Various shots. MS crowd. MS Susan Knight diving off board, with ropes attached to her ankles, into sand. MS Susan Knight somersaults off board in slow motion.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
82587
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Dry Diving', British Movietone News Issue No. 1670A, 8 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24138 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)