If At First You Don't Succeed... 1927

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Titles read: 'Pendine - "If at first you don't succeed...." Capt. Campbell breaks all World's records in his Napier "Bluebird" covering a mile in 20.66 secs - over 174 miles an hour.'

Wales.

M/S of Captain Malcolm Campbell sitting in his 'Bluebird' racing car on Pendine beach, surrounded...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76467
Sort Number:
ON 321 A
Time in/Out:
01:12:05:00 / 01:12:51:00
Canister:
ON 321 A
Film ID:
2408.07
Issue Date:
1927

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  • There's more footage of this event in clips 668.26 and 2408.05.

    jamied 26th Jun 2012

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