�30,000 Wonder Speed Boat 1930

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Full title reads: "Ryde. �30,000 Wonder Speed Boat. 'Estelle' (Napier Engined) with which Miss Betty Carstairs hopes to win World's record from America."

Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Various shots of Miss Betty Carstairs and a mechanic sitting in her powerboat 'Estelle'. Miss Carstairs...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6247
Time in/Out:
01:24:02:00 / 01:24:33:00
Canister:
30/1
Film ID:
711.14

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0:010:020:030:04

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