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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

435A

Date Released

7 Oct 1937

Date submitted

5 Oct 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Army
• 2. Army
• 3. Reports: Shanghai shelling
• 4. Reports: Tank joy ride
• 5. Reports: The Labour Party Conference
• 6. Reports: Samoan tribute to "RLS"
• 7. Reports: Lamb time in Australia
• 8. Cocktails
• 9. Palestine: Described by Aidan Crawley
• 10. Fashions: Described by Enid Lowe
• 11. Water Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President’s Cup Race Spectators Witness High Speed Crash. DESCRIPTION: President’s Cup Race spectators witness high speed crash. SHOTLIST: Aerial of speedboats on the water. Close shot past camera. Shot of the Notre Dame and the Imshi past camera roaring over the Potomac. Aerial of three boats at speed. Shot of one boat crashing over at speed around bend. The shadow of a dirigible is seen over the water.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Speed records; Water sports

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

5750

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

47

Story extras:

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