SKATEBOARDING REPORT
The early days of skateboarding - schoolchildren practice at Falkirk Ice Rink, the first indoor facility in Scotland. (clip)
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Title: SKATEBOARDING REPORT
Reference number: T2300
Date: 1977
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 5.16 mins
Description: Scotland Today news report on Scotland's first indoor skateboarding rink in Falkirk. General views of children enjoying skateboarding and interview with the developer.
Shotlist: ints skateboarding rink where children enjoy skateboarding. Reporter 'skateboards' to camera, proceeding to tell the viewer about the increasing popularity of skateboarding, and why the new rink has been built (0.33) gvs skateboarding rink (0.56) i/v with developer Jack Ogilvie, tells of how they agreed with Falkirk Council to lease the premises of the ice rink to the skateboarding developer. architect saw four in London and Leeds rinks to research. Safety aspect. (1.45) gvs rink in action (2.00) [trims] reporter falling off skateboard, repeated gvs rink and interviews (5.16) 197ft