}129862      AMERICAS CUP: Preparations are already underway for
8.3.85       the next America's Cup challenge in Australia, although
TX           the actual event is two years away.
             THOMPSON,JEREMY/REES,KEN

             a)NAT:Nat.Maritime Museum:British     CAS ex ENG(ITN)
               model boat in test tank;computer
               drawing sails design;cloth being
               cut for sails;sails
             b)NAT:Rhode Is.:Harbour;US flag;      CAS ex ENG(ITN)/
               Americas Cup Ave street sign;       ITN LIB IN W'TON
               Tom Ehram (US team ldr) giving           
               slide show of US practice boat;
               Operations manager giving glimpse
               of boat under construction

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             a) (Thompson,Jeremy)
ENGLAND      MS      Man pushes model of Britain's boat
London               in tank R-L and another man standing
National             on scaffold uses pole to move boat along
Maritime     LMS     Tank and man standing on scaffold at end
Institute    LMS     Model boat in tank ZOOM IN as water splashes
                     underneath
             TS      Boat being tested in tank PAN UP to
                     workers standing by workbench
             MS      Man working computer on sails of boat
             TS      Computer print-out of sails designs
             CS      Computer cloth cutter along for
                     sails design PULL OUT
             TMS     Cloth cutting room with large computer cutters
             MS      Sails equipment PULL OUT along sail
             MS      TRACK BACKWARDS as model boat towards
             CMS     Boat through water R-L

             CAS ex ENG(Borer)                   1.13mins
             Tx 8.3.85/NAT
             ARCHIVE TAPE & CAS 26551  21:29 TO 22:44

USA          b) (Rees,Ken)
Rhode        GV      Harbour
Island       MS      American flag over harbour
Newport      CS      Road SIGN "Americas Cup Ave"

             MS      Australians with Americas Cup trophy   ) ITN MATERIAL
                     in 1984                                ) HELD IN W'TON

             BV      Tom Ehram showing slide of practice boat
             GV      Slide of facilities centre for boat tests in
                     Fremantle, Australia
             MS      Slide of boat PULL OUT to Tom Ehram sitting at desk

             CMS     TOM EHRAM (US Team leader) INT INTVW SOF
                     (on practising for long time now so feels ahead)
                     "We've been down -- catching up."

             MS      Operations manager towards at harbour with Rees
             MS      Ext shed where new US boat being kept
             MS      Operations manager opening shed door
                     to FREEZE of boat under construction in shed

             CAS ex ENG(Skehan)/ITN LIB IN W'TON       1.00min
             Tx 8.3.85/NAT
             ARCHIVE TAPE & CAS 26551  16:48 TO 17:53