News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

66A

Date Released

11 Sep 1930

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The St Leger
• 2. Canadian Marathon Swim
• 3. Mrs Elinor Glyn Defines "It"
• 4. Detroit Motor Boat Races
• 5. Costes & Bellonte Arrive in New York after Great Atlantic Flight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Detroit Motor Boat Races. DESCRIPTION: Gar Wood retains Motor Boat title. US triumph in Detroit races for which the late Sir Henry Segrave had entered Miss England II. SHOTLIST: Elevated shots of Motor Boats tearing along the water with the foam behind. Ground view of the boats in the race. Two pilots of the winning boat.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Records; Speed records; Water sports

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

846

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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