Motorboat Racing 1920

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Item title reads (missing)- Motorboat with 18,000 horse power, testing the "Maple V". One of Britain's entries for International contest. Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Various shots of the motorboat speeding along past the camera. M/S of a yacht on the choppy sea, the camera follows it for a while....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21895
Sort Number:
G 0690
Time in/Out:
01:06:08:00 / 01:12:00:00
Canister:
G 690
Film ID:
218.05
Issue Date:
02/08/1920

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