“Miss England Ii“ Launched (1930)

Full title reads: “Windermere. ’Miss England II’ is launched by Lord Wakefield, and Sir Henry Segrave tries out �25,000 ’aristocrat of all motor boats’, built to wrest record from America.“ Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria. Lord Wakefield makes a speech expressing his hopes for ’Miss England II’. The motorboat is moved out on to the waters of Lake Windermere. The engine is started and she moves away from the quay in a cloud of fumes. The speedboat is brought back in after a trial run. Sir Henry Segrave sits in the boat and gives his impressions (Sadly no sound). (Major Sir Henry Segrave died shortly after this item was released) 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