Whatever Happened to Skateboarding?

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2590
Date Released
21 Jan 1979
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skateboarding. DESCRIPTION: The craze for Skateboarding swept in from America in the Autumn of 1977 and many a Christmas stocking was filled with skateboarding equipment. Then the whirlwind that was skateboarding passed, leaving in its wake special Parks and amenities created for its pursuit empty. It moved on to strike the Continent and in Munich the youngsters soon mastered the art and tricks of the Skateboard. SHOTLIST: Skateboarding Exhibition London: MS boy skating in large tube from side to side. MS pan skateboard to skater up ramp. Various skaters. MS skateboards. Various of gear used for skateboarding. MS skater up ramp and down. MS girl twisting on skateboard. MS man gives boys skateboard who tries it out. MS skateboarding in street. MCU boy balancing on 4 skateboards. BV boy skates down street. GV boys ditto. Swimming pool converted into skate park - Luton. MS boy carrying board. Pan boy skating in empty swimming pool. Various of boy up side of pool but falls off. MS boy loses balance. MS boy falls off up side. GV boys skating. Skate City - London: pan boy starting. CU feet another boy ditto. PB boy starting to GV ‘Skate City’. MS boys looking. Various of skaters up ridges. 2 skaters up ridges. Pan skaters up ridges 1 falls off. Skate Park - Munich: MS pan skater doing handstand on board. MCU skater spins round with 1 foot on board. Various of skaters over high jump - 1 knocks pole off. MS crowd. MS skaters starting off. SV ditto. MS skaters round ramps. BS ditto from skater’s point of view. MS skaters round track. MS skater towards camera - board fills frame. MS 2 skaters over ramp. MS pan skater over ramp. MS 2 skaters over ramp pan to one.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Youth
Locations
London; Munich; Luton
Card file number
78/59
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
351
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Whatever Happened to Skateboarding?', British Movietone News Issue No. 2590, 21 Jan 1979. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31244 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)