| Regatta Tragedy: Driver Killed As Speedboat Crashes | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1643 |
| Catalog #: | 355327 | |
| Clip Number: | 355327-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-001-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:37 - 00:01:23 | |
| Location: | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Death DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Florida | |
| Description: | Footage is dark Disaster strikes in the Orange Bowl Regatta at Miami Beach. Hydroplane driver Ezio Selva is traveling at 100 MPH. When his boat suddenly flips over, cart wheeling across Miami’s Biscayne bay before 10,000 horrified spectators. Selva is killed instantly when the boat slams into the water. Establishing shot - Throngs gather at the sea shore to watch the hydroplane speed boats lowered into the water, driver is in the boat standing. OHMS - Large crowd of people standing on the beach. MS - Hydroplanes are racing and they are going real fast. MS - Camera is honed in on this one hydroplane and suddenly it starts to lean to one side, stand up on end and violently flips with the driver of the boat thrown out. The boat is float up-side down and the driver of the boat is floating near by. MCUS - Stunned faces of the crowd. MLS - Rescuers pulling the body out of the water. MCUS - The hydroplane racer, Ezio Selva, dead. | |
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