News Footage: Water Sports and Recreation (Reel 2)

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: 1. Sailboat Race in San Francisco Bay: crew on sailboat turning rigging cranks to lift sail. CU crank. CU low angle steering wheel, as well as captain's leg and buttocks in short yellow hot pants. POV from sailboats water and other boats. Crew busily working away adjusting sails. LS Golden Gate Bridge with sun glinting off the water. Other sailboats racing. CU's crew members faces. Sailboats rounding orange marker in water. 2. Fleischhaker Pool: pan and zoom aerial shot of unfilled pool, view of giant pool from ground. Reporter walks towards camera next to pile of rubble repeatedly, trying to perfect the opening of his report. Shot of rubble pile. Shot of high diving platform. Graffiti, one piece which reads “We trace your lines of argument your logic, linked and strong. We weigh as one who dreads dissent and fears a doubt as wrong”. American flag on diving platform. Poster “Raise Titanic. There is no they. You! Save this pool”. B&W historical stills of two women by pool, crowds gathered to watch swim meet, workers cleaning pool, diver in mid-dive, racers jumping off the block, multiple divers simultaneously in mid-dive, pool filled with recreational swimmers, interesting shot of soldiers in full uniform with rifles standing in the pool (!), diving platform, filled pool without swimmers. Ducks wading in the standing water at the bottom of pool tank. Pan over empty pool. Bulldozer and construction trailers parked on deck. Save this Pool poster. Diving platform.