Britain’s Super Speed Boat Aka Britains Super Speedboat (1931)

Full title reads: “Derby. Britain’s Super Speed Boat. ’Miss England II’ - reconditioned at famous Rolls-Royce Works for new attack on her own record of 98.7 mph.“ Rolls Royce Works, Derby, Derbyshire. Shots of large speedboat - Miss England II - in factory yard. Mechanics fire up the engines and they give of a belch of black smoke. Various shots of the mechanics looking over the boat. N.B. Kaye Don had taken over piloting of the boat following the death of Major Sir Henry Segrave. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well