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The Pace That Thrills 1932
Description
Full title reads: "The Pace That Thrills! Huge holiday crowds flock to see record racing at Brooklands."
Brooklands, Surrey (?).
Small single seater racing cars hurtle round a banked up race track.
Shots of numerous cars passing the camera on a flat, straight, part of the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 4889
- Sort Number:
- 32/026
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:15:00 / 01:42:54:00
- Canister:
- 32/26
- Film ID:
- 667.22
- Issue Date:
- 31/03/1932
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"Brooklands, Surrey (?)" - yes, it's at Weybridge in Surrey.
"Bluebird being given a push start by mechanics" - the mechanic closest to the camera is Campbell's Chief Mechanic Leo Villa.
Easter Monday 28th March 1932.
00:16 - No.3 is Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin's single-seater 4½-litre "Blower" Bentley.
Campbell has just returned from breaking the Land Speed Record at Daytona at 253.97 mph on 24th February 1932.