Title:TESTING OF BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY BOATS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 241-6
Other titles:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Trials of British Power Boat Company motor boats.
Description: A series of passes by a large motor launch designated '40' in open water, probably the Solent, Southampton. Shots of a 37 ft 6 inch RAF 200 class seaplane tender with no obvious designation apart from a triangle, (a radio antenna is visible on the bow). The RAF 200 class seaplane tender passes what may be a motor torpedo boat hull. RAF 318, a RAF 200 class seaplane tender, executes passes and turns in a fast moving river. Another RAF 200 class seaplane tender executes a series passes in the Solent with ocean liners and barrage balloons visible in the background. Wide shot of the British Power Boat Company's harbour at low tide, followed by a brief shots of a small building in the factory grounds in Hythe.
Alternative Title:BRITISH POWER BOAT COMPANY COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 241-6
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1930
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Power Boat Company (Production sponsor)
