Title:THE BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY ARMOURED TARGET BOAT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 241-7
Other titles:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Colour footage of motor boats at the British Power Boat Company's Hythe factory and on Southampton Water.
Description: I. Views of a 37 ft 6 inch armoured target boat A 572 before launch. The armoured target boat is moved around on a trolley with a tractor. Panning shot of the British Power Boat Company harbour at Hythe with a 25 ft fast motor boat pulling in to moor. Boat-to-boat footage looking over the stern of the camera boat to a 37 ft 6 inch armoured target boat. A 25 ft fast motor boat and RAF 200 class seaplane tender moored in Southampton Water. Boat-to-boat shots of the 37 ft 6 inch armoured target boat which lists in the camera boat's wake.
II. Footage of a 35 ft "Sea Flash" pleasure boat.
III. Shots of a flying boat on Southampton Water and a marine converted aero engine.
Alternative Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 241-7
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1932
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Power Boat Company (Production sponsor)
