The Twenty Seven Pounder (1927)

Story about a lightweight sculling boat - 27 lbs in weight. M/S of 7 men admiring the small craft. The boat is lifted up to show how light it is. Two men walk to the end of a very small pier. The water looks to have ice in it - brr! The scull is placed in the water and we see one of the men rowing off. “The oarsman is the well-known crack, Walter Hoover...“ Copy of Walter in his boat. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 467. 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 as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984