The hydro glider.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes.

Boats and boating.

Engineering.

Rivers.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 34 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1931.

Summary:

"The HYDRO GLIDER Designed for use in shallow tropical rivers, it is capable of 50 m.p.h., & carries 40 passengers." (10). A boat is pushed off from a small wooden jetty. The boat is long and low and has a huge propeller on the back. Some men stand on the deck of the boat while others are seated inside the large cabin (28). TS from the boat as it speeds along the river with industrial buildings and bridges along the bank (33). View from bank as the boat speeds along the river (40). View of the wake (50). TS in industrial landscape (57). The boat moves to shore and the passengers disembark (71ft).

Notes:

Issue number: 1010-1 ; Story number within issue: 2 of 5

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.