Canoes Ride Rapids (1959)

Titles read: “MONSCHAU - CANOES RIDE RAPIDS“. Rur River, Germany. Various shots of ace canoeists of Germany coming down a river, under a bridge and into mock rapids at the bottom of a slope. Once there, they guide themselves between the slalom poles. A crowd of people watch. One man in a canoe capsizes. He grabs hold of the upturned canoe and holds on. He is helped onto the rocks. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.