21st Race From Morpeth To Newcastle AKA… 1929

Star Item

Description

Item title reads - 21st race from Morpeth to Newcastle. D. McLeod Wright (Maryhill H.) makes the Cup his own by winning for third successive year! Northumberland and Tyneside.

M/S as the camera pans across the runners before the race. Various shots as they run the course. M/S as Mr Wright wins...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35521
Sort Number:
G 1569
Time in/Out:
01:00:02:00 / 01:00:49:00
Canister:
G 1569
Film ID:
774.01
Issue Date:
03/01/1929

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
A Great Record!

A Great Record!

Good footage of runners racing along the roads from Morpeth to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

For The Fifth Time

For The Fifth Time

Duncan McLeod Wright wins the Newcastle-Morpeth race.

"Riding The Boundaries"

Horsemen in Northumberland perform ancient custom.

A Great Record

A Great Record

Road race from Morpeth to Newcastle won by McCleod Wright.

Children's Hunt Meet At Morpeth

Children's Hunt Meet At Morpeth

Fox Hunt for children in Morpeth, Northumberland.

The World We Saw

The World We Saw

Good shots of coal miners in Northumberland working hard to beat production records.

Minesweepers

Minesweepers

Miners at work in Stobswood colliery.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911