News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1959

Date Released

19 Dec 1966

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Mobility in the Air
• 2. Christmas with a Variety
• 3. Nippy Newcomers
• 4. Helicopter Crash Claims Three Lives
• 5. C for Courage

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nippy Newcomers. DESCRIPTION: An experimental high speed lifeboat, demonstrated at Littlehampton, and, on the Thames, the world’s smallest Hydrofoil introduces a nippy, new water sport. SHOTLIST: MLS experimental lifeboat moves from quayside. GV from lifeboat at speed. LS lifeboat past at speed. GV as lifeboat approaches other ship. LS ditto. GV lifeboat passes ship. GV wash behind lifeboat as it moves away from ship. Pan lifeboat past. GV from lifeboat at speed. Pan lifeboat past. MS ditto. Pan ditto. GV from lifeboat at speed. CU hands on wheels. Pan lifeboat past. GV mini hydrofoil on River Thames. MLS ditto. LS ditto. MLS ditto. MLS ditto. GV mini-hydrofoil away from camera. GV mini-hydrofoil on River Thames. MLS mini-hydrofoil gains speed. LS mini-hydrofoil past, MS mini-hydrofoil past. LS ditto. MS pan ditto. GV pan ditto, with Houses of Parliament in background.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Locations

River Thames; England; Littlehampton

Card file number

91887

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

132

Story extras:

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