Motor car racing at Brooklands - good shots of car in pit stop.
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Short Summary
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Description
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- Film ID:
- 640.29
- Media URN:
- 26309
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 11/10/1926
- Sound:
- Silent
- hd format:
- 4K at Filmfinity
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:00:54:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:58:16:00 / 01:59:10:00
- Canister:
- G 1336
Unknown user says
"a man in leather helmet drinks from tea cup - J. G. Parry Thomas?" Yes, John Godfrey Parry-Thomas. He lived at Brooklands in a bungalow called "The Hermitage." He was chief engineer at Leyland Motors, then gave it up to race cars and break speed records.
Parry-Thomas was killed in his Leyland-Thomas Special "Babs" at Pendine Sands on 3rd March 1927 while attempting to take the Land Speed Record from Malcolm Campbell.