Outboard Aims at 57.5 Miles Per Hour

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

129A

Date Released

26 Nov 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hillside Funeral of Romany Scholar
2. 2Outboard Aims at 57.5 Miles Per Hour
3. 3Statue of Joffre is Erected in Gascony
4. 4French Police Raid Lair of Bandit Chief
5. 5Golfer Tees Up on Girl’s Forehead
6. 6Lord Mayor Mixes Rich British Dish

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Outboard Motor Boats in America. DESCRIPTION: Mr Shillan described his "Non Sequiter X" built to wrest record back from America. SHOTLIST: Shots of above with the boat. Speedboat on the water. Shots coming back to landing stage. Engine taken off.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Speed records; Water sports; Inventions and discoveries

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1523

Length of story (in feet)

69

Story extras:

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