Holiday Racing At Brooklands 1934

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Full title reads: "HOLIDAY RACING AT BROOKLANDS - Smaller crowd than usual probably owing to weather."

Brooklands, Surrey.

Crowds at Brooklands racetrack. Racing car being wheeled on track before the start of a race. Start of the 4th Handicap race, cars are off. Various shots of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8214
Sort Number:
34/064
Time in/Out:
01:37:46:00 / 01:39:23:00
Canister:
34/64
Film ID:
769.21
Issue Date:
09/08/1934

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • A compilation of clips from different races.

    00:18 - John Cobb's Napier-Railton being pushed through the paddock to the start.
    00:36 - cars (mostly MGs & Bugattis) being flagged away for a handicap race, then
    00:59 - turning right on to the (clockwise) Mountain Circuit.
    01:08 - cars running anticlockwise on the Outer Circuit (Byfleet Banking).
    01:17 - cars coming around the Fork turn on the Mountain Circuit.

    roycousins 17th Jan 2013
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