The Road Yacht 1932

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Introductory intertitle reads: "Whilst watching the fast-moving Ice Yachts on the Baltic shores, a Continental friend got his idea for a road yacht."

Various shots of the "road yacht" in operation. It is rather like a sailboard but travels on land. A wheeled contraption with a large sail....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51076
Sort Number:
PSP 726
Time in/Out:
01:51:55:00 / 01:52:37:00
Canister:
PSP 726
Film ID:
1586.28
Issue Date:
03/03/1932

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