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"Brooklands-By-The-Sea" 1932
Description
Full title reads: "Sussex. 'Brooklands-by-the-Sea'! Holiday-makers thrill to sight of speeding cars on Brighton Sea Front Race Track."
Brighton, Sussex.
Racing cars drive up to the starting line for a race along the sea front road at Brighton.
Two cars race off from the start....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 4735
- Sort Number:
- 32/075
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:54:00 / 01:09:02:00
- Canister:
- 32/75
- Film ID:
- 661.05
- Issue Date:
- 19/09/1932
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Seen here is footage of the 1932 Brighton Speed Trials.
The date of the event was 17 September 1932.
"Sir Malcolm Campbell is driving the left hand car of the two" - Campbell is driving a Sunbeam.
It's worth adding there that the driver he's up against is another former World Land Speed Record holder, John Cobb. He's driving a Delage.