Lake Coniston Aka Sir Malcolm Campbell (1939)

Full titles read: “LAKE CONISTON“ M/S and C/U of Malcolm Campbell climbing into Bluebird II speed boat on Lake Coniston in the Lake District. L/S’s Panning with boat as it races across lake setting a new world water speed record of 142 mph M/S Boat being towed in and crowd cheering Campbell. Good C/U of Campbell lighting his pipe. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.