Technology Boosts Sailing Boom
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Water sports are Britain’s fastest expanding leisure industry, and technology - in many and varied ways - is playing its part in getting the nation’s sportsmen down to the sea in ships.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, featured boats include the Dell Quay Dory, the Vivacity 24 and the Westerley Tiger
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Science and technology; Sailing; Water sports
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/15
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Camera
- Dick Ewen
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Producer
- Janice Willett / Kay
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Director
- Mark Lawton
- Cutter
- William Hammerton
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Technology Boosts Sailing Boom', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 15, 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350806 (Accessed 09 Jul 2025)