Speed boat champion racer Gar Wood retains international British Harmsworth Trophy
Title card: "MISS AMERICA WINS! Detroit - Gar Wood defeats Betty Carstairs, English girl, as U. S. retains Harmsworth speed boat crown!" / WS pan Wood in Miss America IX races along between larger boats and ships / Gar's two entries at turning point near bridge, Miss America VIII trails Miss America IX / MS boats race side by side / intertitle: "Fastest boat afloat! Veteran Wood averages 77 miles an hour for smashing victory over 30-mile course" / Wood and his mechanic Orlin Johnson in cockpit during race / MS boat races along, bouncing over water





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Editorial #:
2162260232
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 September, 1930
Upload date:
Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:18:21
Location:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006258_03_01
- 1930-1939,
- Adult,
- Aquatic Sport,
- Archival,
- Betty Carstairs,
- Black And White,
- Bridge - Built Structure,
- Cockpit,
- Detroit - Michigan,
- Film - Moving Image,
- HD Format,
- Horizontal,
- Mechanic,
- Michigan,
- Miss America Pageant,
- Nautical Vessel,
- Newsreel,
- North America,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time - Footage,
- River,
- River Detroit,
- Ship,
- Speed,
- Speed Boat,
- Sport,
- Sports Race,
- Trophy - Award,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,
- Winning,
- Women,