Water Ski Grand Prix
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Ski Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: Competitors from all over Europe were at Burnham-on-Sea for the British Water Ski Racing Grand Prix. But Britain managed to take the first three places, with British and European Champion, Billy Rixon, overall winner. SHOTLIST: MS pull back from boat being lifted by crane. MS man operating crane. MS boat No 4 in air - sky in background. MS boat lowered into sea. Boat ‘Blue Mink’ in water. Various of boats on land and in the water with people looking on, with some aerial views. Pan start of race zoom into skier. Aerial view of speedboats. Aerial ditto. Aerial ditto zoom into skier. Various views of race including aerial and from boat CU of choppy water - good shots of skiers going round course. GV helicopter pacing the race - one skier falls in. Pan No 184 - eventual winner. MS Billy Rixon winner. MS photographers. MS winner with others. 1st - Billy Rixon, 2nd - Stephen Coe, 3rd - David Martin.
- Keywords
- Sport
- Locations
- Burnham-on-Sea
- Card file number
- 78/110
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Paul Kavanagh
- Camera
- Richard Day
- Length of story (in feet)
- 344
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How to cite this record
'Water Ski Grand Prix', British Movietone News Issue No. 2562, 9 Jul 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31165 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)