Speed King’s Farewell (1927)

Item title reads: “Huge crowds see Segrave and his famous 1,000 hp car make farewell appearance on race track“. Brooklands, Surrey M/S Major Segrave in a trilby hat poses for the camera in his record breaking Sunbeam car. The camera pans round the track and surrounding area. There are lots of cars parked on a field, surrounded by trees. and people milling about in a rain soaked car park. The Sunbeam car is on show. The car moves off onto the Brooklands track. There are cameramen in the foreground. Segrave poses, sitting in the cockpit of the car. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount