Pro Diving Championships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1788A
Date Released
12 Sep 1963
Date submitted
7 Sep 1963
Date Other
Aug 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pro Diving Championships. DESCRIPTION: Some highlights from the first-ever World Professional Diving Championships, in New York. Joe Gerlach with a 2 1/2 forward somersault. Now a slow motion analysis of Ed Cole’s bid for the title. The winner’s Joe Gerlach, with a hand stand and a back 1 1/2 somersault. Great diving from the world’s first professional diving champ - a Hungarian who fled to the States in ‘56. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Grossinger Swimming Pool. MS Joe Gerlach diving. MS Jaoquin Capilla diving. TS Ed Cole diving (slow motion). MS John Deininger diving. CU same - under water. MLS Capilla diving. CU same under water. CU Gerlach diving. MS same. CU crowd clapping. CU winner Joe Gerlach.
Keywords
Sport; Competitions; Newsreels
Locations
New York; United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
87132
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Pro Diving Championships', British Movietone News Issue No. 1788A, 12 Sep 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25246 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)