The End of His Tether

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1777A
Date Released
27 Jun 1963
Date submitted
16 Jun 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The End of His Tether!. DESCRIPTION: You’d have thought water skiing was uplifting enough, but it’s very down-to-earth stuff compared with water-chuting. To get up there and float, you need a 40 mile an hour speed boat, 140 yards of cable and the specially designed parachute. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS crowds and man with parachute. MCU competitors fix parachutes. MS competitor takes off and goes in water, another competitor prepares (2 shots). MLS boat. GV competitor takes off. Same in flight (2 shots). MS competitor into water and out. MLS competitor in flight.
Keywords
Sport; Water sports
Locations
Lake Traunsee; Austria
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
86770
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The End of His Tether', British Movietone News Issue No. 1777A, 27 Jun 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25152 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)