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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2545

Date Released

12 Mar 1978

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Canoe Exhibition
• 2. Children’s Festival
• 3. Hadaka Mutsuri Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canoe Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: At the International Canoe Exhibition at Crystal Palace hundreds of canoes are on display to show the ever-increasing popularity of this sport. Also demonstrated is a new canoe sport called Bat Polo. And we go outside to see the toughness of an International Slalom Race. SHOTLIST: TS interior Canoe Exhibition. MS canoes. MS tilt up canoes. TS GV show. CU canoes rotating on stand. CU ditto. MS oars on stand - man takes one off. MS man looking at oar. MS men looking at waterproof jacket. MS tilt up jacket. MS man unpacking ‘survival kit’. MCU ditto. MS helmet on stand - man places same on head. MS 3 canoes - ‘Star Wars Storm Trooper’ helmet on middle one. CU Storm Trooper helmet. GV Yough ‘Bat Polo’ Final - Walsall v St. Albans in action. MS pan canoes to man with ball - thrown, it lands on water, another man throws it. MS man throws for goal, rebounds, tries again and scores. MS men trying to get ball. MS crowd. GV exterior International Canoe Slalom. Various scenes of race down rapids with men capsizing.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; Crystal Palace

Card file number

78/34

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

233

Story extras:

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