The Super Tug! (1934)

Titles read: “THE SUPER TUG!“ Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear. Several shots of Mr J T Porter (a man in his 80s) of Tynemouth with his model steam tug, made perfectly to scale. Commentator says the tug weighs 6 stone and took two years to make. The tug pulls Mr Porter and two other men in a rowing boat across a lake! 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. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.