Canoe Slalom Aka Marsh Lock Canoe Race - Cp 003 Int’l (1955)

Marsh Lock, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. L/S of rough water, canoeist in the distance approaches the camera. High angle shots of two canoeists attempting a canoe slalom in rough water. The canoeists are members of the British Canoe Union and they are attempting to pass through obstacle gates without bumping the poles. Various shots of competitors and judges. Spectators watch from the banks of the river. M/S of group of people preparing to get into canoes. C/U of a young woman putting on a lifejacket. High angle shot of her climbing down steps to her canoe. She climbs in. Man on the bank assembles an oar. M/S of a middle aged man who climbs into a canoe and fixes the spray cover around his waist. He canoes off. C/U of some of the spectators, one of the women wears a remarkable paper hat. Moving shot (presumably filmed from a canoe) of competitors crossing the starting line. M/S of two judges setting their stopwatches. Male canoeist demonstrates an “Eskimo roll“, rolling his canoe going un