WHITE WATER RACING 1978
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For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) WHITE WATER RACING: MIDDLE-AGED MAN, WEARING CRASH HELMET, LIFE JACKET, CARRYING KAYAK ON SHOULDERS. MONTAGE YOUNG MEN, WOMEN ALSO WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, CARRYING KAYAKS, CANOES, WALK THROUGH WOODED AREA TO RIVER TO COMPETE IN WHITE WATER RACING. 00:27:15 WOMAN CARRYING BABY IN PAPOOSE ON BACK, BABY FACES CAMERA, AS SEEN BY CAMERA FOLLOWING BEHIND. CU MAN STRAPS HIMSELF INTO KAYAK, AS OFFICIAL COUNTS DOWN, "FIVE, FOUR." FOR START OF RACE DOWN RAPIDS. 00:27:49 CONTESTANTS PADDLING DOWN RAPIDS, STRAPPED IN KAYAKS, STRUGGLE THROUGH ROUGH WATERS. MAKE SHARP TURNS AND ZIG-ZAGS THROUGH DESIGNATED STRIPED GATES, SOMETIMES GOING UP STREAM. 00:28:47 CONTESTANT PADDLES BACKWARDS, AFTER MISSING GATE. MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY. CU JUDGE MARKS PENALTY TIME TO HIS SCORE FOR MISSING GATE. 00:29:00 TWO-MAN CANOE STRUGGLES THROUGH VERY ROUGH TURN INTO GATE. KAYAKER TURNS OVER IS CARRIED DOWN STREAM BY RAPIDS. SHE IS RESCUED DOWN STREAM. 00:29:42 CU YOUNG GIRL OFFICIAL SHOUTS OUT WINNERS OF FIRST PLACE AND TIME. MALE WINNER IS GIVEN RIBBON, OTHERS APPLAUD.
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