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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Green Monster - Record Dragster. DESCRIPTION: American speed merchant Art Arfons introduces his 17,500 horsepower Green Monster on an airfield near Bournemouth. Three times holder of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bath Tub Racing. DESCRIPTION: The first race for powered bathtubs across Sydney Harbour. No place for scrubbers as competitors meet the wash. And in West Berlin the European outboard...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Little Venice Boat Show. DESCRIPTION: A water carnival at London’s Little Venice. Water skiing, canoe polo and speedboat manoeuvring on this delightful stretch of the Grand Union...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sand Yachting. DESCRIPTION: The first world sand-yachting competition, and entries from ten countries belt along the beach. But round-the-world yachtsman Sir Alec Rose doesn’t get so...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Steel Yacht. DESCRIPTION: Chay Blyth’s another of these intrepid sailors. Atlantic rower and ex-paratrooper, prepares for a round the world trip against the prevailing winds....
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Jet Car. DESCRIPTION: Former Korean war pilot Jack McDonald is equally at home in the cockpit of his Rolls-Royce powered jet car. He reaches over 150mph over the quarter mile...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Six-Hour Boat Race. DESCRIPTION: Fierce international competition as outboard and inboard motor boats streak up and down the River Seine in the annual six hour race. The hulls take a...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Powerboat Record Attempts. DESCRIPTION: Several class and world records are shattered as British powerboats and hydroplanes streak over a measured kilometre on Lake Windermere. High...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sportsman & Sportswoman of the Year. DESCRIPTION: Old stager and European champion Henry Cooper is a knock-out success as the sportsman of 1970: but he was quite ready to concede the...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chichester Sails Again. DESCRIPTION: That incredible old man of the sea, Sir Francis Chichester, sails away again to try for yet another world record. He aims to break the 200 miles a...
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