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Boat Race Seine River

Boat Race Seine River
Clip: 426079_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1753
Original Film: 039-083-03
HD: N/A
Location: Paris -France
Timecode: 00:17:57 - 00:19:29

NO AUDIO In Paris, on the River Seine, a race 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. MS POV- Shot from atop of a bridge or a deck of a boat with the Eiffel Tower in the far background and speed boats toward you. CU of one man speed boats zipping around one another towards the camera one after the other. On the River Seine, the boats bounce past a huge barge. The speed boats coming at you and another type of boat, that doesn t look to be in the race passing under bridges. CU of the pilot of the NU Mile chief boat. Speed boat 01-34 racing past the camera. Speedboat SP 39 bouncing as it speeds its way down the river. CU of Speed boat No #23 stirs up the water as it makes a sharp turn in the opposite direction. CU of the side and bottom of "Jicey France. The Pilot is practically driving on his side. Several speed boats race in and out of frame past a slower moving boat. Various shots of boats flying down and out of the water. The Checkered flag is waved and the race is over. Number 80 ON wins. CU of the pilot of the speed boat.