Most Coveted Of Motor Records (1924)

Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. Title: “MOST COVETED of all MOTOR RECORDS. J. G. P. Thomas, after trying for 2 years, breaks World's hour record, covering 109 miles 160 yards and attaining at times 130 miles per hour“. M/S of two racing cars driving slowly through a crowd. M/S of a parked racing car with - Leyland-Thomas No. 1 - written on the side, the driver - Thomas - sits behind the wheel, a mechanic in a dirty boiler suit stands nearby. C/U of Thomas sitting in his record breaking 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as