Scooter Ski Aka Scooter Racing (1967)
St Katherine s Dock, London. M, S of a threewheeled car (a Reliant Robin ) towing a kind of jetski pulling up in the street; a couple get out and lift the Scooter Ski off the trailer. It is lowered from the dockside onto the water and a boy rides off on it. Several shots of people riding the Scooter Skis around St Katherine s Dock. A man arrives at the dockside on a Scooter Ski; he is dressed in a bowler hat, mackintosh and carries an umbrella; he is helped off and walks along the dockside to his chauffeurdriven car, lifting his hat to the camera as he passes. Commentator says Just the thing for the City gent who s fed up with crossing London Bridge on a commutercrowded train. The chauffeur looks like Harry Hill. Note: despite the alternative title above, there is no racing seen in this film. Cuts exist see separate record. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVI
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