'Planking.'

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquatic sports.

Sports.

Yachts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (25 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1921.

Summary:

"PLANKING" The Motor yacht provides another joyous sport" (5). The new sport of water skiing. Filmed from the back of a motorboat as it pulls a man on a large wooden board wearing trousers and a shirt. In the background are Brighton's piers (10). Side view of another man planking - he falls off (19). Another side of a skier (25) The first man skiing (filmed from back of boat) with Brighton sea front in the background. He falls off.

Notes:

Issue number: 520-1 ; Story number within issue: 6 of 6

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.