News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Major Gardner’s Car Record

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
493A
Date Released
17 Nov 1938
Date submitted
7 Nov 1938
Date submitted
12 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Major Gardner’s Record. SHOTLIST: After a short talk for Movietone Major Gardner drives his MG car at an average of over 180 miles an hour on the German State Highways. This speed breaks the existing record for that class of car by a big margin.
Keywords
Vehicles; Records; Motor vehicles; Speed records
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
34844
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
37
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Major Gardner’s Car Record', British Movietone News Issue No. 493A, 17 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9418 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)