Water Daredevils
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Various water antics are documented as the narrator comments and quips. Water skiing, comedic diving, dolphin tricks and a motor boat race through the bayou are all presented.
Credits
Castle Films (contributor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Sports; Water
Places: Europe > Italy > Rome
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. Var. people water skiing. Tricks and jumps off the ramp, pyramids. MLS and MS, camera PAN to follow people off the ramp. Men diving in MS, with much HA. They belly flop and strike silly poses, camera TILT DOWN to follow.; 03:05 - A seal and dolphins perform tricks such as retrieving rings and jumping through hoops. MS from the side of the pool, and underwater footage of the animals. On a lake, var. angles of a woman on a surfboard pulled by a dolphin, and a little girl with a duck. People on sleds pulled through the water. Comedic sequence of a man and woman water skiing, as the man pulls a chair and a ladder out of the water to stand on. Var. MS and CU.; 06:15-08:41 - Outboard motor boats race through the swamp, jumping ramps, crossing over sand bars and trying to jump trees with the occasional crash. Many angles, mostly MLS, following this high speed journey until the finish line.
Cfa elements: Print, 315 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2700
Subjects: Sports; Water
Places: Europe > Italy > Rome
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. Var. people water skiing. Tricks and jumps off the ramp, pyramids. MLS and MS, camera PAN to follow people off the ramp. Men diving in MS, with much HA. They belly flop and strike silly poses, camera TILT DOWN to follow.; 03:05 - A seal and dolphins perform tricks such as retrieving rings and jumping through hoops. MS from the side of the pool, and underwater footage of the animals. On a lake, var. angles of a woman on a surfboard pulled by a dolphin, and a little girl with a duck. People on sleds pulled through the water. Comedic sequence of a man and woman water skiing, as the man pulls a chair and a ladder out of the water to stand on. Var. MS and CU.; 06:15-08:41 - Outboard motor boats race through the swamp, jumping ramps, crossing over sand bars and trying to jump trees with the occasional crash. Many angles, mostly MLS, following this high speed journey until the finish line.
Cfa elements: Print, 315 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2700
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:06