Surfing’s Greatest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2019
Date Released
12 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Surfing’s Greatest. DESCRIPTION: Tribute to The Duke - Hawaii’s first Olympic Gold Medallist - the greatest name in Surfing. SHOTLIST: MS men surfers. MS Duke Kahahamoki of Hawaii. CU ditto. MS surfers. MS ditto. MS the Duke of Kahahamoki stands on his head whilst surfing. MS (slow motion) the Duke surfing, he falls off surf-board into water. CU name Duke on surf-board. Pan down to the Duke.
Keywords
Sport; Water sports; Newsreels
Locations
Australia; Surfers’ Paradise
Footage sources
Australia
Library
Card file number
93213
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Surfing’s Greatest', British Movietone News Issue No. 2019, 12 Feb 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27251 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)