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Lasne New World Record 1922
Description
Air Race at Etampes, France.
Full titles read: "NEW WORLD'S RECORD - for air speed set up by G. Lasne (France) in Race for Deutsch Cup."
M/S's of pilot in biplane preparing for takeoff.
Intertitle reads: "Jimmy James would have won for England - but whilst flying a 220 miles...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 23281
- Sort Number:
- G 0917
- Time in/Out:
- 01:30:13:00 / 01:31:27:00
- Canister:
- G 917
- Film ID:
- 284.23
- Issue Date:
- 05/10/1922
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