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11 results found for '"Pendine Sands"' in Location.
A Great Motoring Record. On Pendine Sands a Mile Was Covered at the Enormous Speed of 150 Miles Per Hour
- Date released
- 29 Sep 1924
- Series name
- Gaumont Graphic
- Issue no
- 1411
- NoS ID
- 079828
- Story no
- 3 / 4
- Extras
- 1 film clip
MLV man cranks car into life, men help push it off. LV car races across start line. LVs car speeding. [SUBTITLE]: THE MAN WHO DID IT, MR MALCOLM CAMPBELL AND HIS 12 CYLINDER CAR. MV Campbell (looking away...
Better Luck Next Time!
- Date released
- 6 Jan 1927
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1361; Super Issue No.: 27-Feb
- NoS ID
- 085642
- Story no
- 5 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Captain Campbell, after attaining 135 miles an hour in first try out of his Napier-Campbell 450 hp ‘Bluebird’, has to abandon attempt, owing to defect in gear box.
Beaten by Fractions of Seconds
- Date released
- 24 Jan 1927
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1366; Super Issue No.: 27-Jul
- NoS ID
- 085685
- Story no
- 7 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Captain Malcolm Campbell in his 450 hp Napier ‘Bluebird’, only just fails after many attempts and hair-breadth escapes.
Britain Beats the World Again!
- Date released
- 11 Feb 1932
- Series name
- Pathe Gazette
- Issue no
- 1893; Super Issue No.: 32/12
- NoS ID
- 089681
- Story no
- 2 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Mr George Eyston makes motor history hurtling his 7 hp Magic Midget over 120 miles per hour - breaking record with average of 118.33 mph.
New Speed Record
- Date released
- 11 Feb 1932
- Series name
- Universal News
- Issue no
- 166
- NoS ID
- 138547
- Story no
- 9 / 9
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet
Created by Mr G E Eyston.
Mollisons over Atlantic
- Date released
- 24 Jul 1933
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 251
- NoS ID
- 032757
- Story no
- 5 / 5
Jim and Amy off to New York. Famous flyers leave for US starting place of their attack on world’s distance record.
A Splendid Failure
- Date released
- 27 Jul 1933
- Series name
- Universal News
- Issue no
- 318
- NoS ID
- 139727
- Story no
- 7 / 8
- Extras
- 1 commentary sheet
The Mollisons, Amy and Jim, succeed in flying the Atlantic only to meet with disaster forty miles from New York.
Reports: Eyston’s attempt
- Date released
- 24 Feb 1936
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 351
- NoS ID
- 006218
- Story no
- 2 / 11
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eyston’s Attempt. SHOTLIST: Shots of George Eyston in car and the trial run of the car ‘Flying Spray’.
Horizontal Flyer Attacks World Record
- Date released
- 12 May 1949
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 49/38
- NoS ID
- 102913
- Story no
- 2 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list
At Pennine [sic] Sands Bob Berry has to give up his attempt of beating the world motor-cycle record, after doing 140 miles an hour.
Record Breaker Recovered
- Date released
- 10 Apr 1969
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2079A
- NoS ID
- 027813
- Story no
- 2 / 5
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Record Breaker Recovered. DESCRIPTION: Bangor Lecturer, Owen Wyn Owen exhumes the car in which famous Welsh Speed Ace Parry Thomas was killed when trying to regain his World Land Speed...