Eliminating Motor Boat Trials at Cowes. The American Boat ‘Miss America’ Attains a Speed of 69 Knots (36 Miles) Per Hour. Baby Motor Boat Owner, Gar Wood, (2 1/2 Years Old) ...

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Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

979

Date Released

9 Aug 1920

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Canterbury Cricket Week. Kent V Middlesex on the Famous St Lawrence Ground
2. 2Military Sports at Ipswich. Musical Ride by the RFA. Musical Chairs on Horseback
3. 3Tring Agricultural Show
4. 4Nautical Cycle Race at Enghen (Sic) (In Enghien, Belgium)
5. 5Eliminating Motor Boat Trials at Cowes. The American Boat ‘Miss America’ Attains a Speed of 69 Knots (36 Miles) Per Hour. Baby Motor Boat Owner, Gar Wood, (2 1/2 Years Old) ...

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5 / 5

Summary

FULL TITLE: Eliminating Motor Boat Trials at Cowes. The American Boat ‘Miss America’ Attains a Speed of 69 Knots (36 Miles) Per Hour. Baby Motor Boat Owner, Gar Wood, (2 1/2 Years Old) Who is Competing Against His Father for the British International Trophy. SHOTLIST: Motor boats speed past. Yachts past. Motor boat ‘Miss America’ casting off. ‘Miss America’ speeding past. Gar Wood holding wheel of boat - pretending to steer - father looking on.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Motor vehicles

Library number GR

4063

Length of story (in feet)

80

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