Boat Afloat Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2347A
Date Released
30 May 1974
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boat Afloat Show - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The 1974 Boat Afloat Show held at Little Venice, in Paddington - all kinds of craft for life afloat on Britain’s Inland Waterways. SHOTLIST: GV tracking shot boats on canal. SV barge on canal. CU sign ‘BOAT AFLOAT SHOW’. CU girl in bikini zoom out to boat she is standing on. GV boats on water. SV pan small boats tied to quayside. SCU interior Clive Dunn. SV interior Arthur Lowe walking & talking. SV interior outboard motors pan to inflatable life raft. TV angle shot inflatable life raft. SV speed boat. SV pan Arthur Lowe watching demonstration of throwing a line. SV Arthur Lowe throwing a line. SV pan man driving boat made with dustbins. GV boats on canal and tied to quayside.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Safety devices; Performing arts; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; Paddington; Little Venice
Card file number
99971
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Boat Afloat Show', British Movietone News Issue No. 2347A, 30 May 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30357 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)