Rivals Prepare for America’s Cup Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

274

Date Released

3 Sep 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ulster Grand Prix Starts with a Crash
2. 2First Film of Prince George and His Fiancée
3. 3Rivals Prepare for America’s Cup Race
4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First, Jack Petersen and Larry Gains get ready to contest British Empire Heavy-weight Title
5. 5Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Le Bourget - Paris "destroyed" by air
6. 6Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Tolpuddle - The martyrs centenary
7. 7Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: London - New hats for Autumn
8. 8Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Los Angeles - Wrestler uses his weight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rivals Prepare for America’s Cup Race. DESCRIPTION: Big yachts vie for honour of defending trophy while Endeavour embodies British Challenge. SHOTLIST: Shots of the yachts sailing including "Rainbow" and "Yankee". Pan shot of the crew on "Endeavour" and Mr Sopwith at the wheel. Various angle shots of the sails and the men at work on same.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Economics; Business and commerce; Sailing

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3116

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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