News in Colour: Offshore Powerboat Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1892A
Date Released
9 Sep 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour (Offshore Powerboat Race). DESCRIPTION: Fifty one starters at the Isle of Wight for this year’s powerboat race from Cowes to Torquay. The winner was Dick Bertram, and Brave Moppie, the first diesel powered boat to win the race. SHOTLIST: aerial shot power boats at the start of the race. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial shot power boats racing. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial shot ditto. MS power boat No 330 Thunderfish racing. LS power boat No 163 racing. LS power boat racing. MS power boat No 116 racing. MS spray from power boat. Aerial shot power boats racing. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial shot power boat No 444 racing. MS power boat No 123 racing. MS wake behind power boat. MLS power boat No 666 racing. Aerial shot power boats racing. Aerial shot power boat No 103 passing beneath camera. Aerial shot another power boat passing beneath camera. Aerial shot power boats racing. Aerial shot 177 Brave Moppie racing neck and neck with Surfury No 111. LS ditto. MLS ditto. Aerial shot power boat No 283 Thunderbird racing. GV Torquay harbour. GV ditto. MS man looking through telescope. LS zoom in Brave Moppie No 177 coming into the harbour first. MS pan ditto. MS people watching the finish. MS pan Thunderbird No 283 coming into harbour 2nd. MCU three sea cadets watching the finish. MS Thunderbird No 283 comes in to tie up. MS Brave Moppie No 177 comes into winners berth.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats
Locations
Torquay; Isle of Wight
Card file number
90157
Credits:
Camera
John Abbott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Peter Hannan
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
278
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Colour: Offshore Powerboat Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 1892A, 9 Sep 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26138 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)