TOM Sopwith’s Great Endeavour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
277
Date Released
24 Sep 1934
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tragic Explosion in Welsh Colliery
  2. 2TOM Sopwith’s Great Endeavour
  3. 3Movietone News Paragraphs: Portsmouth - Sir Alan Cobham’s non-stop bid
  4. 4Movietone News Paragraphs: Runswick - The Princess Royal christen a lifeboat
  5. 5Movietone News Paragraphs: London - Unemployed men play "Test" match at Lord’s
  6. 6Movietone News Paragraphs: Avize - 1934 Champagne vintage
  7. 7Fred Perry - World’s No 1
  8. 8500 Mile Dash at Brooklands

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: TOM Sopwith’s Great Endeavour. DESCRIPTION: The battle for the America’s Cup begins at Rhode Island. SHOTLIST: Aerial of the yachts etc at Rhode Island. Mr Sopwith and Mr Vanderbilt greet one another. "Endeavour" passes the camera and Mrs Sopwith is seen on board. "Rainbow" past camera. Commander Vanderbilt at the helm of same. President Roosevelt looks on from balcony of ship. Various shots of the racing.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Economics; Business and commerce; Sailing
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
3160
Length of story (in feet)
115
Story extras:
Film clip

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