Title:TESTING OF THE PV70 70 FOOT MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT PROTOTYPE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 241-13
Other titles:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Footage of the PV70 motor torpedo boat (MTB) prototype and unrelated footage of other British Power Boat Company craft.
Description: I. Under-exposed shots of a "Sea Flash" pleasure boat and Hubert Scott-Paine walking along a pontoon. Further shots show Hubert Scott-Paine walking up the pontoon towards the PV70 motor torpedo boat prototype, boarding the boat and climbing into the cabin. The PV70 is seen starting its engines and casting off from the quayside. Hubert Scott-Paine and two unidentified people walk back along the gangway (Scott-Paine is the shorter of the men and is wearing wellington boots).
II. Shots of the PV70 in the Solent making a series of passes past the camera boat.
III. The launch of a motor torpedo boat (possibly the PV70) with Hubert Scott-Paine in the foreground. A water level shot of the stepped hull. The PV70 motoring at sea with passengers on the deck.
Alternative Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 241-13
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1939
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Power Boat Company (Production sponsor)
