Gale Beats Sea Canoes (1959)

Title reads: “Gale Beats Sea Canoes“. Reculver and Margate, Kent. Panning shot two canoeists carrying canoe down steps onto beach. Various shots canoeists on the edge of the beach preparing for their trip to Margate, we see them putting on life jackets. Various shots boys putting to sea in two-man kayaks. M/S some holidaymakers on the beach waving as canoeists paddle out. G/V canoeists at sea, in the foreground waves break on breakwater. G/V rough sea breaking along promenade. M/S two canoeists beaching their canoe and emptying it after returning to shore owing to rough sea. Panning shot Margate sea front and harbour. L/S canoeists marching along sea front, the youngest member of the team (Peter Roberts) is carried in a canoe. Various shots Mayor of Margate, Alderman G.A. Kirby, receiving the boys on the promenade, he shakes hands with some of the boys. The Margate Canoe Adventure was sponsored by National Association of Boys’ Clubs and town of Margate. Some canoes had come all the way fr