Sprint Finish after 49 Hours, 23 Minutes!

Series

Series Name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue

Super Issue No.

31/73

Date Released

10 Sep 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sprint Finish after 49 Hours, 23 Minutes!
2. 2All Motor-Cycle Records Broken
3. 3The St Leger
4. 4Gandhi’s London Home in the East End
5. 5Folk Dancing to Foster Friendship
6. 6What Weather!
7. 7To "Axe and Tax" US?
8. 8Italy’s Air Armada

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

Half a dozen finish ‘altogether’ after gruelling 813 mile road race - it is only held once every ten years. Competitors came from every part of the world. An Australian, Operman, won.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Locations

Paris; Brest

Footage sources

Pathe Journal   Issue No.96

Length of story (in feet)

64

Story extras:

Film clip

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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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