Gar Wood Keeps His Speed-Boat Trophy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
223A
Date Released
11 Sep 1933
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gar Wood Keeps His Speed-Boat Trophy. DESCRIPTION: Scott Paine finds pace too hot for Miss Britain III in first head of race held on St Clair River. SHOTLIST: Long shot of the speedboats coming past camera. Shot of "Miss America" leading. Camera follows boat round course with various marking boat in foreground. "Miss England III" past camera. Close shot of group of spectators on bank watching race. Aerial of two speedboats careering round course. Close shot of Gar Wood being flagged in as winner. Elevated view of "Miss America" through water.
Keywords
Sport; Ships and boats; Speed records; Water sports
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
2573
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Gar Wood Keeps His Speed-Boat Trophy', British Movietone Gazette Issue No. 223A, 11 Sep 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/1350 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)