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  1. The Loch Ness Monster Caught at Last

    Date released
    11 Jan 1934
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    366
    NoS ID
    140149
    Story no
    4 / 12
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

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  2. Cobb Set for Water Record

    Date released
    4 Sep 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2245
    NoS ID
    043906
    Story no
    2 / 6

    John Cobb sees boat "Crusader" arrive by road. Put into water it passes buoyancy test.

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  3. Cobb 140 MPH on Trial Run

    Date released
    8 Sep 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2246
    NoS ID
    043912
    Story no
    2 / 8

    Duchess of Gloucester and young Princes pay surprise visit to speed King’s headquarters before successful trial run.

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  4. Cobb Tests the Crusader

    Date released
    8 Sep 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/73
    NoS ID
    104925
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    On Loch Ness, John Cobb, "The Fastest Man on Earth" puts his new jet-boat "Crusader’ through its paces before attempting to smash the water record.

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  5. Cobb’s Fatal Speed Attempt

    Date released
    2 Oct 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1217A
    NoS ID
    018099
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cobb’s Fatal Speed Attempt. DESCRIPTION: John Cobb’s fatal run in Crusader was made only a few days after he had been visited by the Queen Mother at Loch Ness. It was just as he had...

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  6. Pathe News Special: John Cobb Dies

    Date released
    2 Oct 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/80
    NoS ID
    104962
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    In an attempt to bring the world’s water speed record back to Britain, speed-king John Cobb is killed in his jet-boat, "Crusader". Pathe News cameraman Jock Gemmell secured graphic pictures of the tragic...

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  7. John Cobb Memorial

    Date released
    5 Oct 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1270
    NoS ID
    018795
    Story no
    4 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: John Cobb Memorial Unveiled. DESCRIPTION: Beside Loch Ness, a memorial to the late John Cobb has been erected by the people of Glen Urquhart. The monument was unveiled by his sister,...

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  8. Out For A Catch

    Date released
    1960
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    84
    NoS ID
    349708
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Takes a look at angling - both coarse and fly fishing - and also at some of the problems facing fish in rivers from modern features such as hydro-electric dams and pollution. It opens with a...

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  9. Loch Ness - Monsters with an Appetite

    Date released
    28 Sep 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1843
    NoS ID
    025690
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Loch Ness - Monsters With An Appetite. DESCRIPTION: After a 230 mile sea journey, these monster digesters had been towed down the Caledonian Canal and through Loch Ness to Corpach...

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  10. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    13 Jul 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/57
    NoS ID
    113658
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The monster hunt goes on. One-man submarines, electronic devices, all the latest scientific equipment - it seems that the days of secret seclusion for the monster - or monsters - are numbered.

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