Sport Fantasia
Sport Fantasia
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- Release Date: 1st January 1947
- Asset ID: 803720
- Synopsis: Archive footage of different sports, London landmarks, Wakefield laboratories,landmarks on way to Liverpool, producing lubricants, pack shots
- Shotlist: Crazy sports scenes. C/Us roller skate wheel, roller skate. Man in skates staggering along, holding onto bar at outdoor rink, falls over. Professor Holman salutes to camera then guides man round rink - it's funny. Professor does various tricks: jumps over chairs, slow motion, twirling, does splits in mid-air, spinning, weaving in and out of bottles on floor, speeded up footage. World Champion 'Bayeux Couple' ice-skating at outdoor rink in snowy setting, watched by crowds. Slow-motion. Man on skates in trunks, crouching down, being rolled along then pushed into a lake. He swims. High angle view of man doing breast-stroke in slow-motion. Back butterfly stroke. Man in trunks and goggles, about to dive into pool. Another in 1900s swimsuit walks up and wants to dive first. He does physical jerks on diving board but can't dive in. He tries again and does comedy leg waggling dive. Reverse action so he leaps out again. Man in mac pushes old-fashioned one into pool. On a street 2 men approach camera, jostle each other, small one easily wrestles big one to the ground. 2 men in suits fighting in a garden, slow-motion of throwing to the floor. Dodgy-looking man in flat cap holding gun is disarmed by man in sunglasses. Woman throws molester to ground, he runs to car and drives off, zig-zagging up the road. Traffic jam, men push car out of the way. Men bump car out of tight parking space. Man pumps flat tyre. Car zips along road. Sound of crash and we see man left on heap of debris. Men and women on waterskis, brief underwater shot as they're pulled through the water. Acrobats on outdoor aerial contraption, looks like European city. Motorcycle racing watched by crowds. Tiny aeroplane, man lies on top, takes off, large planes take off, planes in formation. Puppets in costume present stills showing history of Castrol. Bust of Viscount Wakefield. Still of current board of directors. Group of men on ferry from Ostend, drinking at the bar. Dover, Tower Bridge, Beefeaters, travelling shots around London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Horseguards, Piccadilly - nice footage. City of London, St Paul's Cathedral. Looks like postwar; v/o makes comment about buildings around being destroyed/bombed. Still of Castrol staff: Air Commandant Helmore, Colonel Easton, EA Evans, technical staff heads. Lab shots at Hayes. Piston covered in gum, then clean piston, result of Castrol. Engine lab, men at work on engines. Oxford University, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Bridgnorth, Chester, Liverpool, docks, pipelines where oil is pumped through to Castrol installation - refinery? Oil being put into tins and packaging. Women packers, 'Castollo'. Tins being packed onto trucks and small trains then loaded onto ships. Cars and motorbikes, night street scenes.
- Production Company: None
- Licensing Restrictions: Music, Artiste
- Viewing Restrictions: Public
- Format: BetaSP_Small
- Alternative Language Notes: None