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1939 TRANSPORT: George Eyston test drives new torpedo boat
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0:45Now PlayingDate: 30th March 1939
Location: TILBURY, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: George Eyston Tests New Torpedo Boat
ENGLAND: Tilbury:
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General view torpedo boat alongside quay / Man uncovering torpedo tube / Shot thru' torpedo tube / George Eyston (British driver) steps aboard boat / Eyston's hand on controls / boat moving off / Eyston standing on boat / boat passing sailing barge / Eyston's hand on controls / boat at speed / Shot over stern at speed showing wash / Pan of boat past camera at speed / Shot of boat pan from tube to spray / Pan boat past camera.
Navy - Active; Ships and Boats; Personalities - Records; George Edward Thomas Eyston (1897-1979), Great Britain
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