A Great Motoring Record. On Pendine Sands a Mile Was Covered at the Enormous Speed of 150 Miles Per Hour

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1411

Date Released

29 Sep 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Loyal Ulster. Gigantic Meeting at Omagh Demonstrating Tyrone’s Fidelity to the Crown
2. 2HEARTS ARE TRUMPS?
3. 3A Great Motoring Record. On Pendine Sands a Mile Was Covered at the Enormous Speed of 150 Miles Per Hour
4. 4The Centenary of Natal. Celebrating the One Hundredeth Anniversary of the First English Settlers in the Colony

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MLV man cranks car into life, men help push it off. LV car races across start line. LVs car speeding. [SUBTITLE]: THE MAN WHO DID IT, MR MALCOLM CAMPBELL AND HIS 12 CYLINDER CAR. MV Campbell (looking away from camera, most of time) and mechanic looking at engine. MLV car with crowd round it.

Keywords

Motor racing; Speed records

Locations

Wales; Pendine Sands

Library number GR

7927 neg 161ft

Length of story (in feet)

87

Story extras:

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