Sea Bag Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2209
Date Released
4 Oct 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sea Bag Race. DESCRIPTION: In Berlin, an inflated sea bag race took place recently. SHOTLIST: SV man with rubber tube putting air into plastic sea bag. Shot from inside bag of boys outside watching. SV unzipping bag & man steps inside. CU 2 boys watching. SV man blowing up plastic bags. GV crowd watching. SV man standing on 2 motor boats watching. GV as 5 blown up plastic bags with a man in each treading bags into river. SV as men in bags cross river. LV large group of swans. SV man falls down inside bag, gets up again & continues to tread water. LV crowd on bank watching. GV as they continue to cross river. LV men treading water on their hands and knees. LV returning to bank. CU as man falls down in plastic bag, gets up again and struggles to get near bank. CU man in bag on bank. SV man sweating after getting out of bag.
Keywords
Competitions
Locations
Germany; Berlin
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97516
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sea Bag Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 2209, 4 Oct 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29055 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)