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200 Miles Motor Race 1925
Description
Item title reads - 200 miles motor race with 130 hairpin bends. 30,000 spectators see Major Seagrave (driving a Darracq) win the great test for nerve and skill. Brooklands, Surrey.
M/S as the race cars drive past the camera and speed away. M/S as one drives up the course and round a corner,...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 19839
- Sort Number:
- G 1229
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:00:00 / 01:01:29:00
- Canister:
- G 1229
- Film ID:
- 424.01
- Issue Date:
- 01/10/1925
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The JCC 200-Mile Race on 26th September 1925.
The car failing to start is the No.14 Darraq, driven by Masetti, whose mechanic is trying to start it on the handle.
Segrave (not Seagrave) won in a 1½-litre Darraq (No.11).