California - Powell Mobile Boat (1937)

Title reads: “California“ Glendale, California, United States of America, USA. George Powell Mobile Boat. Inventor Powell has designed an amphibious boat. We see the boat driving around on land - it has caterpillar wheels like a tank. The boat drives into a lake. Once in the water the wheel motor is switched on and the boat is powered by paddles. Narrator suggests this invention is a sign of things to come in the future. Note: may have once been part of LNER issue. 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 cont