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Le Mans Grand Prix 1921
Description
Item title reads - Motor Grand Prix won for America by Jim Murphy on Duesenberg car covering 395 miles in 247 minutes. Le Mans, France.
M/S as the starting flag is dropped and the cars race off. L/S as they drive up the track and round the corner. Various shots as they race round the course...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 22402
- Sort Number:
- G 0793
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:55:00 / 01:02:05:00
- Canister:
- G 793
- Film ID:
- 240.02
- Issue Date:
- 28/07/1921
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The title is somewhat misleading - the race is actually the French Grand Prix, held at Le Mans.
The race took place on 25 July 1921.
The winner was Jimmy Murphy, in his Duesenberg.
It's pretty much impossible to identify individual cars in the clip, but other car makes taking part were Ballot, Sunbeam and Mathis.
French Grand Prix at Le Mans on 25th July 1921.
00:11- the first car away is No.1 Ralph DePalma's Ballot (will finish second).
00:18- No.4 is Kenelm Lee Guinness's Talbot.
00:57 - No.18 Jules Goux's Ballot (will finish third).
01:06 - No.12 Jimmy Murphy's winning Duesenberg.