Great British Motoring Triumph 1929

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No item titles for this item. However, paperwork titles read: "GREAT BRITISH MOTORING TRIUMPH - 24 Hours endurance race won by Captain Woolf Barnato in a Bentley - the first four in the race were all Bentley's too !"

L/S of the competitors running across track and into waiting...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35875
Sort Number:
G 1617
Time in/Out:
01:52:23:00 / 01:53:22:00
Canister:
G 1617
Film ID:
792.29
Issue Date:
20/06/1929

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  • Le Mans 24 Hours on 15th & 16th June 1929.

    Bentleys finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th.

    "Barnato (presumably ?) siting in his car holding a bouquet of flowers, another man sits next to him - the winners: Woolf "Babe" Barnato and Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin in a Bentley Speed Six (No.1).

    roycousins 24th Dec 2012

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