Water Gliding

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2549
Date Released
9 Apr 1978
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Gliding. DESCRIPTION: Water gliding was the fore-runner of hang gliding, only flying over water gave safer landings. SHOTLIST: MS man steps into lake (surfer-hang-glider). CU back of hang-glider-surfer. Ms same into water. MS surfer. MS man in boat at front. GV shore from back to back pulling surfer-glider. MS man being pulled along. MS ditto and take off into air. MS glider in air. MS controls of boat. MS glider in air and same landing.
Local distribution only
Reel for South Africa only.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Stoke-on-Trent
Card file number
78/39A
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Water Gliding', British Movietone News Issue No. 2549, 9 Apr 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31129 (Accessed 10 Jun 2025)