The Road Yacht (1932)

Introductory intertitle reads: “Whilst watching the fast-moving Ice Yachts on the Baltic shores, a Continental friend got his idea for a road yacht.“ Various shots of the “road yacht“ in operation. It is rather like a sailboard but travels on land. A wheeled contraption with a large sail. A man sits in a chair in a reclining position moving the sail to the correct position to catch blasts of wind. “And all you need is the right sort of wind, blowing the right way!“ High angle sho of the contraption moving along. 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 Br