24 Hours on Water

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1875
Date Released
10 May 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 24 Hours on Water. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show a twenty four hour motor boat racing event at Rouen in France. There were more than 40 competitors. The winner was No 62 driven by Monsieur Guyard. SHOTLIST: LS boats coming towards the camera. MS pan boat No 16. MS two men watching race from a bridge. LS over crowds head of boat 65. MS pan boat 65. LS pan boat speeding over the water. MS pan boat No 62. LS over crowds head of boats racing. MCU pan boat No 89. MCU pan ditto. LS from bridge boats racing. TS pan boat passing under bridge during the night. TS pan ditto. LS pan boat speeding over the water during night. MS pan boat No D2 during night. MCU pan boat No 40 third. MS pan boat No 15 second. MS pan boat No R62 the winner. MCU pan timekeeper flagging the winner home. CU the winning boat coming into shore. No 65 - Selincourt and Fox, No 62 - Monsieur Guyard, No 89 - Bill Shakespeare.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Competitions
Locations
France; Rouen
Footage sources
France
Card file number
89662
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'24 Hours on Water', British Movietone News Issue No. 1875, 10 May 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25984 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)