Ski On Water

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1965
  • Asset ID: 801946
  • Synopsis: 1960's narrated social story from National Benzole about the new sport of water skiing, with demonstrations by several champions and footage from the Northern European Championships.
  • Shotlist: 00:01:00 Opening count down 00:01:09 Aerial shot passing over a stately home or castle, turning L to follow speedboat on lake or river. 00:01:34 Opening titles over man in short shorts on waterskis POV from the boat. Titles end, man keeps skiing. 00:01:45 CU man waterskiing. VO talks about waterskiing, WS from behind of man following a boat on lake surrounded by trees. 00:02:00 From the shore, through the trees, L to R following waterskier. MS of waterskier in action with tongue stuck out and smiling. 00:02:16 Man in wetsuit water boarding in competition, POV from the boat, as he slaloms back and forth. From the shore, Man at R watches waterskier come into land. Very quickly, he catches himself on the dock and climbs out. 00:02:41 WS crowded grassy area and lake beyond. People running around and picnicking. Car drives down country lane, picks up person from group at side of road, turns L. Other cars follow. POV back of car looking past front seat as car drives onto beach area, cut to WS cars pulling up from R. 00:03:07 MS of cars parking, then people getting out and unloading skis and talking to others. Group shot six men, three on either side, pulling on ropes while an instructor comments. MLS instructor working with student on stance, MS two other students looking down. 00:03:35 Group kneeling, sitting and standing around a blackboard on the grass, English captain teaches about slalom. CA over the shoulder of student kneeling and watching, then to MS captain explaining. Group of standing students in wetsuits (and a tartan Speedo) watching, captain enters from R and handles a waterski. 00:04:11 MS student smiling. Student in tartan Speedo puts on rucksack and grabs rope, with help of captain. LS waterskis on the grass, captain and student walk by and point. CA MS of pair of skis, follows skis being handed to woman in striped bathing suit, all exit R. 3S walking across to the dock, couple walk out to end, wet the skis. 00:04:52 CU woman getting the waterskis on, sits on dock, puts feet in water. Man in boat hands rope over, boat heads off, and she's away. CA LS people watching from the bank, WS woman waterskiing past as camera follows L to R. Reaction MS shot from captain and student. 00:05:28 Boat and woman waterskiing head for the camera, CA MS man shouting to the L over the water, boat turns to the L and woman lets go, keeps going and sinks into the water. Man smiles. Woman is in the water. On the dock, man throws waterskis into the water L and dives in after them. Camera pans L, man and woman and skis in WS. 00:05:59 WS man in boat throws rope to man in water, woman is in water with skis on, 2S with man, CU controls of boat, rope going taut, couple take off to L, camera travels with them. 00:06:24 Man goes L and then back. MLS from in front man water skiing, MS legs on waterskis in action, MLS woman waterskiing from front, MS her legs on waterskis. LS couple waterskiing, boat towing and quick pan R to WS. 00:06:58 MS woman makes face, falls in water, camera keeps moving. Boat driver grins in MS. Woman grins in water. WS two heads in the lake. Boat splashes wake in front of camera and turns. MS driver turning off and around, LA takes his jacket off, exits to the R. 00:07:21 MS rope coming into the boat, MS driver coiling rope. MS man in water. LA driver throws rope, driver MS at controls. 00:07:36 WS man takes off skiing, pan L to POV skier. Good shot. LS man skiing, POV skier behind boat, rope in foreground. MS legs on skis, MS man, POV skier with boat at R as boat and skier turn. LS man skiing. POV skier lets go and falls off. 00:08:13 People lying in the grass turn R, startled. Underwater POV, bubbles, surfacing. MS quizzical dog. POV swimmer, hand in air getting picked up by boat and driver. 00:08:21 Man pouring fuel into tank, at Powercraft Service station with National Benzole branding. Boat driver waits, gets thumbs up, drives off. Picks up different female waterskier. Takes off with skier. POV from behind driver looking forward, skier Jeanette Stewart-Wood. 00:09:02 MS Stewart-Wood legs, kicks one ski off and balances on the other. LS slaloming, also different angles. Lance Callingham follows on the slalom course, returns to jetty. Another skier jumps in - then Jimmy Jackson the world champion. Another skier slaloms. Slow motion. 00:11:09 Picking up skis off the grass for jumping, putting helmets and equipment on. David Nichols CU and in action. CU montage of hand and foot positions. Jump. Lance Callingham has a go. Anne Wilson (sp) and Jimmy Jackson jump,. Slow motion reply. 00:12:38 Different types of skis on the grass, skiing on feet. Jimmy Jackson skis on his feet. Slow motion. Quick forward roll into the water. From the water, he waves. 00:13:38 In Scotland, Loch Earn, Perthshire. group of people watching as camera pans R to distant shot of Northern European Championships. Sea plane lands from R to L, MS three servicemen look to the L. 00:14:03 Figure skiing, with Lance Callingham. Very distant, tricks on skis. Karl-Heinz Benzinger from Germany has a go and falls, punches the water. Sylvie HÃ&frac;lsemann from Luxembourg does very well. Audience watches from the bank. HÃ&frac;lsemann uses her toe to hold the rope. 00:15:23 Slalom water skiing, very distant. Lance Callingham demonstrates and falls. MS Announcer with microphone. Anne Wilson (sp) does well. 00:16:13 Re-fueling on the water with National Benzole, montage of CU and WS. 00:16:21 Jump water skiing, Fiona Saunders and Anne Wilson, then Sylvia HÃ&frac;lsemann. Lance Callingham goes, David Nichols falls, looks bad. CA MS spectator with binoculars in crowd. Rescue boat with Nichols,
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  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
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