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INTERNATIONAL SAILING
At La Perouse, near Algiers, twenty eight yachtsmen took part in the European championship for sailing dinghies in the ""Moth"" Class. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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COWES WEEK
The Duke of Edinburgh was at Cowes for the opening day of the Regatta, and he sailed his yacht ""Coweslip"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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COWES WEEK
The first Cowes Week was held in 1826 - between members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Today it is one of the main yachting events of the year. Cowes Week actually lasts nine days, and the regatta offers something for everybody and every...
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TIDEWAY '64
The Thames Tideway Race is one of the trickiest tests for a dinghy sailor. Over two hundred entered. The race covers an eight and a half mile course - from Putney to Tower Bridge - and then a second stage back to Putney, seventeen miles,...
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ROCK AROUND THE POOL
At Essen, in West Germany, a wave-making machine has been installed in one of the swimming pools there. The wave-maker sends the swell rolling down the pool - to break on the paddlers at the shallow end. A boon to the local folk, who...
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FESTIVAL OF THE TOMMYCOD
Below an old church about 120 miles from Montreal, some fifteen hundred cabins make up a wooden town which stretches for a mile down the ice-bound river. Inside these cabins, people can fish in comfort, through a hole in the ice for...
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THE PRINCE GOES SAILING
Britannia, dressed overall, made a colourful centrepiece to the Cowes Regatta. We took these pictures of Prince Philip sailing his Flying Fifteen Coweslip, given to him by the people of the town. Uffa Fox, his friend and yachting...
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HENLEY REGATTA - Eastman Colour
For five generations now, Henley-on-Thames has been staging its famous regatta. This year the events took place in perfect weather with a pleasant following breeze to help the oarsmen. Open for the first time to schools from overseas the...
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VENICE CARNIVAL OF BOATS
In Venice is held the historic Gondola Race, it isn't son much a race as a procession down the Grand Canal. Huge crowds of Venitians and holiday makers watch the fun. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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STARTING 'EM YOUNG
Being trained, by Jack Barnett, in Sydney for a future Olympics are sixteen year old Anne Robie and nine year old Vince Niven. Anne is the Senior Womens Springboard Champion of New South Wales and Vince Niven is State Champion of the...
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THE LURE OF SPEED
Fastest boat in the world - Donald Campbell's ""Bluebird"" - during warming up trials at Lake Bonney in South Australia. Donald Campbell's been chasing his own world water speed record of 260 miles per hour which he set up in 1959....
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POWER BOAT RACE
This year there were forty five starters in the power boat race between Cowes and Torquay. This race offers one of the toughest events anywhere in the world. The course is from Cowes, took the boats out round the Nab Tower before turning...
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TIME TO DREAM
Pictures show yacht ""Southern Cross II"" skippered by Norman Booth and Olympic Gold Medallist Bill Northam, in ""Barrenjoey"" taking part in a race for five and a half metres, at Sydney Harbour. Winner Norman Booth in ""Southern Cross...
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KID STUFF?
Model yacht racing is a highly developed adult occupation, as closely controlled by rules and regulations as Cowes Week. Championships were held at Gosport where competitors were racing for National and International awards. The yachts...
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""AGE UNLIMITED""
William Willis, seventy one year old adventurer, sailed ten thousand miles from Peru to Australia on the raft ""Age Unlimited"". He makes his intended landfall, after freighting the raft from North Queensland where he hit the coast....
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WATER-SKIING HAS NEW PULL
Pictures show a new advance in water-skiing. No boat is required - just a pair of skis at the end of a cable. It's like an horizontal high-speed ski-lift, and is built by a Swiss company. It's been installed on a man-made lake in...
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THE SKERRIES REGATTA
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HOLIDAY NOVELTIES
A mechanical elephant, which can move at 27 mph has been built in an Essex village. At Lake Sebago in Maine, USA, they've been trying out a new sailing skiff. Mr Karl Hassler of Ludwigshaven has himself built an amphibious tricycle on...
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CRAZY PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
At Miami Beach, Florida, a comedy diving troupe entertains Miami Beachers with an assortment of athletic lunacy while in Hollywood other maniacs go skiing on bikes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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EASTER - HOW DID YOU LIKE IT?
Once again the City of London was deserted, some Londoners who stayed at home found the Serpentine attractive (but that was on Good Friday, before the gales), others went to the zoo. Scenes from Brighton and Blackpool record one of the...
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BOATERS ON THE RIVER
Pictures show early 20th century film of Henley Royal Regatta. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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THE HEIGHT OF ENDEAVOUR
A party of sportsmen and women are in Austria to test the body's reaction to exercise at high altitudes. They are preparing for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in three years time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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HENLEY REGATTA - Eastman Colour
On the first day of the Henley Regatta, Movietone captures some of the traditional atmosphere of the day - pictures show the Diamond Sculls and The Prince Philip Challenge Cup. Also some of the latest Henley fashions. Disclaimer: British...
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""LATE DATE"" HOLIDAY
Pictures show some of the activities of August Bank Holiday at its new time - the end of August. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...