Auto Boat Race on the Hudson River


1904

Brief Synopsis

Biograph summary: The new-fangled high-speed launches which are now the fad of sporting millionaires make an admirable subject for the moving picture camera, and this film shows the best of them in a race for the American championship, the prize being a massive solid gold cup. Among the boa...

Cast & Crew

G. W. Bitzer

Camera

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 1904
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Distribution Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Country
United States

Synopsis

Biograph summary: The new-fangled high-speed launches which are now the fad of sporting millionaires make an admirable subject for the moving picture camera, and this film shows the best of them in a race for the American championship, the prize being a massive solid gold cup. Among the boats shown are W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s "Hard Boiled Egg," "The Standard," which won the championship, and has never been beaten, the "Vingt et Un," the "F. I. A. T.," the "Shooting Star," the "Japansky," the "Kotic" and the "Nada."

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 1904
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Distribution Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.
Country
United States

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