Record Breaker

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1408
Date Released
28 May 1956
Date submitted
25 May 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Chelsea Flower Show
  2. 2A Problem for Pups
  3. 3Grand Slam
  4. 4How Not to Do It
  5. 5Holiday Jewellery
  6. 6On Parade
  7. 7On Parade
  8. 8On Parade
  9. 9Record Breaker
  10. 10The Iceberg Marries

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Record Breaker. DESCRIPTION: Frenchman Pierre Moneret, set up new records for 250cc machines at Montlhery. Riding a German Max NSU he broke the existing records set up by Tenni on a Guzzi in 1938. SHOTLIST: SCU winner, Pierre Moneret riding a German Max NSU. Various shots of racing. Banked track.
Keywords
Sport; Motorcycling; Records
Locations
France; Montlhery
Footage sources
France
Card file number
67072
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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