Sailing on Sand

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1781
Date Released
22 Jul 1963
Date submitted
14 Jul 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sailing on Sand. DESCRIPTION: The Sand-Yacht Racing Club at Lytham St Annes, with over 200 members, is one of the largest on the North West Coast. They build their own yachts. It’s a family affair, in fact they’ve got 80 families on the books. Every year, three or four enter for International Contests on the Continent. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV beach. MS same. CU hoisting sail. MS same. CU pumping up wheels of craft. MCU man enters craft. CU man testing steering wheel. MS dog jumps into craft. CU man with loud hailer. GV craft being pushed at start of race. GV race. CU same. LS same. GV same. MLS tracking shot of race. CU wheel. CU pan of craft. CU another. MS craft swerves. MLS another craft overturns. Lytham St Annes Club has now over 200 active members and all their yachts are hand-built.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Sailing; Landforms
Locations
Lancashire; Lytham St Anne’s
Card file number
86930
Credits:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sailing on Sand', British Movietone News Issue No. 1781, 22 Jul 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25178 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)