Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY CRAFT ON THE SOLENT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 241-2
Other titles:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Three different types of British Power Boat Company boats are put through their paces in and around the Solent.
Description: I. Shots of rebuilding work in the British Power Boat Company machine shops. A 25 ft fast motor boat making a series of passes and turns past a camera boat.
II. Interior shot of a show room /exhibition hall. Three shots in an exhibition of British Power Boat Company craft exhibiting a RAF 200 class seaplane tender, a 35 ft "Sea Flash" pleasure boat and Miss Britain III. Hubert Scott-Paine is seen leaning against Miss Britain III
III. A sequence of shots covering the launch of an unidentified motor launch. Panning shots of a boat (possibly 45 ft) on land being manoeuvred on a set of rollers. Shots of a 25 ft fast motor boat undertaking a series of passes in the Solent, moving past the Vickers Supermarine works in Southampton and a moored passenger liner.
Alternative Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 241-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1932
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Power Boat Company (Production sponsor)
