In the Wet

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2003
Date Released
23 Oct 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In the Wet. DESCRIPTION: At Crawley, in Sussex, babies learn to swim before they can walk. At London’s Imperial College, students prepare to learn about living under water. A twenty thousand pound house will be sunk off the Argyllshire coast. Contestants in the German Kayak Championship have little left to learn about the sport, but the white water course can still teach them something. SHOTLIST: MCU pan John Roach one of the two pupils at the school for water shy babies at Crawley, Sussex. GV mothers with their babies in the pool. MCU John with Mrs Lee with swimming instructress. MCU John jumps into the water. MCU baby in pool with Mrs Lee. MS Karen Tombs jumps into pool with her mother. MS Karen in pool. CU toy ducks. Pan up to John and his mother. CU John with his mother. MS John and mother with Mrs Lee and another baby. CU Mrs Lee and baby. CU John Roach and mother. GV Kraken underwater house with Roger Wiley, Suzanne Jones, Brian Ray & Margaret Gavin. MS Kraken House. MS team outside Kraken. MCU Roger Wiley & Suzanne Jones with an underwater camera. MS team examining equipment. MS Firth of Lorne map. CU ditto. MCU pan down Brian Ray examining map. MS ditto examining a submarine. MCU ditto. MCU pan down Brian Ray with harpoon gun. MS equipment on floor. MCU Suzanne Jones. MCU Margaret Gavin. TS Margaret Gavin looking at photograph. MS all four together in Kraken. MS two contestants at the German Kayak Championships on the River Ruhr. MS contestant. MS another contestant. MS pan contestant negotiates course. MS pan contestant negotiates rapids. MS pan contestant No 257 negotiates rapids. HAS pan contestant in pairs competition. MS contestant falls out of kayak. MS man helps him catch his kayak. MS two men in kayak. MS pan kayak capsizes. MS pan another contestant capsizes but manages to recover. MS two contestants round course. MS pan competitor through water chute. GV competitor through town. MS competitor past. MS man with camera. MS winner Bernd Ulin No 66 gets out of kayak.
Keywords
Sport; Education and training; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Science and technology
Locations
London; Germany; England; Ruhr; Crawley; Imperial College
Footage sources
France
Card file number
92883
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
269
Story extras:
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