Motor Boat Tests - Preparing for the International Motor Boat Race at Cowes. Four Sunbeam Engines of 450 HP Each Weighing 4400 Lbs on a Deck Only 1/2 an Inch Thick. A Rolls-Royce Engined Racer Travelling at 50 Knots an Hour.

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

977

Date Released

2 Aug 1920

Date Other

29 Jul 1920

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Honeymoon Sidecars. The First of the X Motor Cycle Co’s Two Seaters Leaving for Torquay
2. 2Prize Day on HMS Worcester. The Lord Mayor Made the Presentations. Cadet Captain Whw Hannigan Receives the King’s Gold Medal.
3. 3International Football. England V South Africa at Johannesburg. Mother Country Successful by 3 Goals to 1
4. 4America’s Greatest Statesman. Lincoln Statue Unveiled by HRH the Duke of Connaught Opposite Westminster Abbey. Heavy Rain Marred the Ceremony.
5. 5Motor Boat Tests - Preparing for the International Motor Boat Race at Cowes. Four Sunbeam Engines of 450 HP Each Weighing 4400 Lbs on a Deck Only 1/2 an Inch Thick. A Rolls-Royce Engined Racer Travelling at 50 Knots an Hour.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

SHOTLIST: Motor boat prior to test; motor boat speeds past. Motor boat showing engines on deck; boat speeds past.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Written sources

Newsfilm Online   Used for alternative date

Library number GR

4042

Length of story (in feet)

106

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