3 World’s Motoring Records (1924)

Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. Title: “3 World’s Motoring Records broken by Mr. J. G. Parry Thomas in his 8 cylinder Leyland“. Panning L/S follows a bullet shaped racing car as it speeds around a sloping race track. M/S of four men standing on the edge of the track, two hold up placards as the bullet shaped car passes. M/S of the car coming in for a pit stop, a team of men holding tyres and various other bits of equipment swarm around the parked car. C/U of the driver adjusting his goggles as the furore of the pit stop goes on around him. Note: item almost identical to Pathe Gazette story with same title from 1926 in G 1336. AH 2001. 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 fro