200 Miles International Race & Cuts 1926

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Full title reads: "200 miles international race. 38 of World's best drivers and cars compete in Junior Car Clubs severe test of speed and skill".

Brooklands Race Track, Surrey.

Panning shot of racing cars at starting line. L/S of cars racing around track, they swerve past ramps in...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26268
Sort Number:
G 1332
Time in/Out:
01:22:08:00 / 01:25:14:00
Canister:
G 1332
Film ID:
638.08
Issue Date:
27/09/1926

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  • The JCC 200 Mile Race was at Brooklands on the 25th September 1926. Sand banks were introduced to create an S-bend to make the course more interesting for spectators.

    Car No.5 at the start is a Bugatti T13 "Brescia."

    The winner was Henry Seagrave, shown at 01:37 in a Straight-8 Talbot and also at the end of the second version, "lighting a cigarette and talking to a woman."

    roycousins 19th Dec 2012

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