Air Race For The King's Cup 1922

Star Item

Description

Croydon, Greater London.

Full titles: "THE AIR RACE FOR THE KING'S CUP - F. L. Barnard in D.H. 4.A, flying at 127 m.p.h. for 6 hrs. 31 m., wins thrilling race round Britain."

Intertitle reads: "The start - and Barnard's horseshoe for luck."

L/S's of the various competitors...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23230
Sort Number:
G 0911
Time in/Out:
01:23:45:00 / 01:26:36:00
Canister:
G 911
Film ID:
282.18
Issue Date:
14/09/1922

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
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
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
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

Related Videos

Hide
Smother It Out

Smother It Out

Firemen demonstrate the use of a new foam to put out difficult fires.

"Ford To Build Aeroplanes Here?"

Ford aeroplanes are shown off at Heston Aerodrome - they are all metal air liners.

Bravo Jim!

Bravo Jim!

Jim Mollison returns to Croydon Aerodrome after his record breaking flight across the Atlantic. Greater London.

Lord Mayor Of Nottingham

Lord Mayor Of Nottingham

The Lord Mayor of Nottingham aptly arrives in an aeroplane to receive Charter for municipal aerodrome. London.

New Airliner - Croydon

New Airliner - Croydon

"Ensign" the latest British airliner is tested at Croydon, London.

Air Visitors

Air Visitors

Cuts (rushes, out takes) for AIR VISITORS in G 1199.

The Lockheed

The Lockheed "Constellation"

Footage of new American transport plane, the 'Constellation'.

Snow  Plough  At  Airfield

Snow Plough At Airfield

Snow plough at work at Croydon aerodrome.

 

 

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 images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
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
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler