Outboard World Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1747
Date Released
26 Nov 1962
Date submitted
18 Nov 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Outboard World Record. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show West Germany’s Werner Schrimpf from Wiesbaden, making his attempt on the world record for outboards between 350 and 500 cc’s on Berlin’s Spandauer Canal. Schrimpf’s target was to smash the record of 116.67 kilometres held by a Finnish flier. He succeeded and set a new world mark of 122.61. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Men put outboard in water (2 shots). CU control men. MS Werner Schrimpf from Wiesbaden starts run in boat. CU speedometer. Werner Schrimpf round canal (7 shots). CU clocks. MS Werner Schrimpf finishes run (2 shots). RECORD TIME: 122.61 kilometres.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Competitions
Locations
West Berlin; Spandauer Canal
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
85558
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Outboard World Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 1747, 26 Nov 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24894 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)