| Boat Race Seine River | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1753 |
| Catalog #: | 426079 | |
| Clip Number: | 426079-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-083-03 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Paris -France | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Spectators, Sports LANDMARKS: Eiffel Tower LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris SPORTS: Misc. SPORTS/WATER: Races TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Racing TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Speedboats | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO In Paris, on the River Seine, a field of ninety high powered motorboats roar up and down for six hours. The "Six Hours of Paris " is considered the world's toughest motorboat race. An Italian Catamaran wins. Only forty boats are able to finish. Establishing shot - This footage is shot from a top of a bridge or a deck of a boat. You see The Eiffel Tower in the background and the speed boats coming at you. MS . Lots of turbulence in the water caused from the speed boats, close up shots of the boats. MS - In the River Seine the speeding boats pass a huge barge. MS - The speed boats coming at you and another type of boat, that is not in the race going under the bridges. CUS - You see the pilot of the boat, the name of the boat, "NU Milechief". CUS - Speed boat 01 - 34. CUS - Speed boat SP 39. CUS - Speed boat No #23 these boats are really kicking up a lot of speed, and they are making very sharp turns in the water. "Jicey France". MS - Several speed boat in the frame and another slower boat that is not in the race. MS - People standing on a bridge watching the boat race, traffic MS - These boats are going so fast they actually fly out of the water. MS - The checker flag is waved and the race is over, NO #80 ON won. CUS - Pilot of the speed boat. | |
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