Wizards on Water Skis
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wizards on Water Skis. DESCRIPTION: At Ruislip Lido they’ve been holding a refresher course for water ski instructors. What better model than Jimmy Jackson, World Slalom and Jumping Champion. Jimmy demonstrates that once you’ve mastered the basic techniques you can begin to experiment. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Jimmy Jackson on water (world jumping and slalom champ). GV instructor and pupils. MCU pupils. CU feet of pupils. CU woman pupil. MS instructor drawing on board. CU male pupil. CU woman pupil. BS man takes off on skis. BS another. BS Anne Wilton (ladies jumping champion) takes off on skis. MLS Miss Wilton towed behind speed boat. MS same. GV same. CU Miss Wilton zigzags between buoys. MS spectators in boat. MLS pan - Jimmy Jackson (USA) over jump. MLS same over ramp. GV pan - Jackson over ramp. MLS tracking - Jackson over ramp. GV same hoists around while taking off from ramp.
- Keywords
- Sport; Education and training; Water sports
- Locations
- Middlesex; Ruislip Lido
- Card file number
- 86669
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 146
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'Wizards on Water Skis', British Movietone News Issue No. 1774, 3 Jun 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25123 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)