Record Yacht Trip (1921)

Item title reads - Record Yacht Trip. Commander Houghton - sailing 13 ton yacht Neith crosses Atlantic in 25 days. Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. L/S of three men on deck with Commander Houghton who does various arm signals to the camera. C/U of the Commander at the steering wheel smoking a pipe. M/S of him with four young men on deck. Intertitle - ’“Sambo“ Jordan - the coloured cook braved the voyage.’ M/S as he pretends to ladle something into a pot, he smiles. 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 195
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