“Motor Boat Week“ (1931)

Full title reads: “Southampton. ’Motor Boat Week’. Miss Betty Carstairs - renowned woman speedboat racer - ’takes a ducking’ in thrilling race for Detroit News Trophy.“ Southampton, Hampshire. Scenes of motorboat racing in Southampton Harbour. Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine is racing in ’Miss Britain I’, he is leading ’Whiteleaf III’. Shots of Miss Carstairs in her boat ’Newg I’ rounds the buoy. Closer shot of ’Newg I’. Long Shots of launches approaching the capsized boat driven by Miss Carstairs. Both she and her co-pilot are okay. The boat starts to sink. The tow boats left in the race come past. ’Whiteleaf’ is winning. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumon