Shooting The Rapids (1927)

Story featuring a new invention - a light collapsible canoe. C/U of man putting the craft together by the side of a fast flowing river. M/S of man canoeing past the camera. High angle L/S of him riding the rapids. Various shots of him speeding along the river in the Austrian Tyrol. It looks pretty treacherous. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue 468 FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.