Speed Boats 1925

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Item title reads - Speed boats! Eliminating trials of Britain's fastest motorboats to pick team to compete for Duke of York's International trophy. Putney to Kew.

L/S of a speedboat racing along through the water, we see it from the side as it spins around. Various shots as boats speed along...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19495
Sort Number:
G 1197
Time in/Out:
01:01:54:00 / 01:03:21:00
Canister:
G 1197
Film ID:
406.02
Issue Date:
11/06/1925

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