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Waterski Championships and Other Sports

Exotic sporting events from water-skiing to wheel barrow racing are just two of the highlights of this amateur newsreel film.

Amateur film 1968 9 mins Silent

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Overview

This compilation of local events around Harrow and Hillingdon in 1968 includes an international water-skiing event held at Ruislip Lido, where we see competitors from Britain, Australia and Italy; sailing on Brent Reservoir and madcap wheelbarrow racing around the streets of Pinner for charity.