Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY TORPEDO TRIALS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 241-9
Other titles:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Torpedo launch trials and the PV70 70 foot motor torpedo boat (MTB) prototype.
Description: I. Series of torpedo trials in both real time and slow motion. Land-to-land torpedo test on grass. Tests from the side of a hull only, and then from the PV70, a 70 foot motor torpedo boat (MTB). Shots of crew and technicians working on the MTB and a "Jolly" boat nearby. Shots of the MTB heading out to sea.
II. Footage of torpedo trials at sea. (The torpedo veers off to one side.)
III. Footage of the PV70 moving at speed on the water. A torpedo being loaded into one of the tubes then a shot of a board marked 361. Shots of torpedo launches (to trial number 393).
Alternative Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 241-9
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1939
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Power Boat Company (Production sponsor)
