Flash Frame Full title reads: "British Driver Here To Seek Speed Crown. New York - Don Kaye will try to beat record set by countryman Major Segrave."
New York, United States of America.
M/S Kaye Don speaking to the camera.
C/U Kaye Don. He takes off his hat.
Intertitle reads: "Silver Bullet car he'll drive at Daytona Beach."
Shot of the 'Silver Bullet' car. The writing on the side of this sleek vehicle reads: "Silver Bullet built by Sunbeam Motor Car Co Ltd, Wolverhampton, England."
Different angle of the car The Union Jack flag of Britain and the Stars and Stripes flag of the USA are painted on the front. People are looking at the car (This crowd look rather English). More shots of the car.
Intertitle reads: "It cost $200,000 and is expected to do 250 miles an hour."
Kaye Don seated in the cockpit of his car. A sports car tows the Silver Bullet away.
(It is not at all clear if this story actually belongs in this issue - The titles suggests this is actually a section from an American Pathe newsreel. Earlier in 1932 Kaye Don appeared to be planning water speed record attempts, not landspeed.)
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From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's 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.
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.
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.
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.
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