500 Mile Race at Brooklands

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

20

Date Released

21 Oct 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1500 Mile Race at Brooklands
2. 2Trafalgar
3. 3Christmas Turkeys Auctioned
4. 4R101 Airship
5. 5Prime Minister in Washington

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 500 Mile Race at Brooklands. DESCRIPTION: Long distance average of 107 mph attained. A talk by Earl Howe. SHOTLIST: Shot of Earl Howe speaking. Europe’s fastest cars start 500 mile run. Cars round track and spectators. Shots of the race. Jack Barclay in Bentley is first to finish. Shots of the winner being flagged in. The winner speaks.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

451

Length of story (in feet)

118

Story extras:

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