Speed Film Reel 1 (1927)

Reel 1. No title. Intertitle reads: “Racing the trains.“ A speedboat called Baby Gar IV races along on a river with a steam train keeping pace on the banks. The train at the railway station. Name plate - Lord Nelson. We see the train speeding along. The “Flying Scotsman“. We see the engine and its name plate. Shot from by the side of the wheels to show movement of the pistons. Engine driver. Top shot of the train passing underneath and a shot from low down - on the tracks. Shot of pistons moving by the wheels. Motor racing. Track not recognised by this cataloguer. No date mark on this section - presumably 1920s. One of the drivers is Leon Duray. (This extract from a Pathe News item.) Next intertitle reads: “Grantland Rice Sportlight - The feature of Yale’s great Olympic crew was power, precision and the ability to pull together - Pathepicture“ - presumably from an American newsreel. We see teams row on a large river. C/U of spectators. Possibly from the 1928 Olympics in Amsterda