100 Miles An Hour 1924

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Weybridge, Surrey.

Title: "100 MILES AN HOUR. Huge holiday crowds see thrilling racing at Brooklands".

Top shot of several racing cars surrounded by large crowds. Panning shot of racing cars lining up for the start of a race. Various panning shots following the bullet shaped cars as...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24363
Sort Number:
G 1080
Time in/Out:
01:40:46:00 / 01:41:41:00
Canister:
G 1080
Film ID:
338.23
Issue Date:
01/05/1924

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • 00:11- the car in the foreground (No.4) is Dario "Dolly" Resta's 3-litre Sunbeam.
    00:27 - Resta's Sunbeam overtakes another car (Resta was killed at Brooklands in September 1924 in a land speed record attempt).
    00:36 - car No.2 is a 1½-litre AC (possibly J.A. Joyce) and No.4 is the single-seater Lanchester Forty.

    Footage is probably not from a single race - there are two car No.4's.

    roycousins 25th Dec 2012
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