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Cobb Tests the Crusader

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
52/73
Date Released
8 Sep 1952
Date covered
3 Sep 1952
Length of issue (in feet)
698
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Braemar Games
  2. 2Timber Houses Earn Dollars
  3. 3Cobb Tests the Crusader
  4. 4Edinburgh Acclaims Youth Orchestra

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
On Loch Ness, John Cobb, "The Fastest Man on Earth" puts his new jet-boat "Crusader’ through its paces before attempting to smash the water record.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats
Locations
Loch Ness
Credits:
Camera
John Campbell Gemmell
Camera
Norman William Roper
Camera
Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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British Pathe Ltd
Email
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Web
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Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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