Sand Sailors
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sand Sailors. DESCRIPTION: The International Sand Yachting Championships at Lytham St Anne’s provide exciting sailing in spite of uncertain winds and give the Title to Karl Hughes from a Club near CambridgeOn the river Rhone, French sportsmen compete in Water Jousting trying to give each other concussion or drown in the attempt. SHOTLIST: LS sand yachts at start of race. MSU man with wind speed measurer. GV start of race. MS pan man pushing sand yacht and jumping on. Tracking shot sand yacht A70. Tracking shot H147. Tracking shot A136. Ditto H17. MS pan sand yacht A345. MCU crowd. MS sand yacht turns corner. MCU A245. MS pan A10. LAS crowd. MS pan A148. GV jousting on River Rhone, France. MLS jousting, man into water. 2 MLS ditto. Ditto MS and LS.
- Keywords
- Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities
- Locations
- France; United Kingdom
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 95235
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Keith Medley
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 102
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How to cite this record
'Sand Sailors', British Movietone News Issue No. 2106, 13 Oct 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28043 (Accessed 09 May 2025)