Gar Wood Claims Speed Boat Record

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

140

Date Released

8 Feb 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Britain Mourns Loss of M2 Victims
2. 2Birmingham Decides on Brighter Homes
3. 3Schmeling Agrees to Fight Sharkey
4. 4Opening Meeting of Geneva Conference
5. 5Gathering Together Australia’s Income
6. 6Gar Wood Claims Speed Boat Record

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gar Wood Claims Speed Boat Record. DESCRIPTION: American unofficially sets a new mark of 111.71 mph at Miami, so beating Kaye Don’s speed. SHOTLIST: Long shot of speed boat being towed in. Mechanic ties up same. Gar Wood waves hand. Close shot of him speaking.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Records; Speed records; Water sports

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Movietone

Card file number

1649

Length of story (in feet)

118

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