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Item title reads - A Motoring Views! Huge crowds at Brooklands see cars race at over 100 miles per hour. Brooklands, Surrey. L/S from above of the racing cars with lots of people stood round them. M/S as one is pushed forward and it drives away with smoke coming out of the back. Various shots of the cars racing round the track. M/S as they speed towards the finish line. Intertitle - '... whilst motorcycle enthusiasts on London to Land's End Run, negotiate the 1 in 4 gradient of Beggar's Roost Hill.' M/S as one man chugs up the hill in a motorcycle and sidecar. M/S as another one tries to manoeuvre around and nearly runs into the back of another competitor. M/S as the next one comes through. M/S as one crashes into the side of the hill, everyone runs out of the way as smoke comes out of the back. M/S as another drives through quite successfully. Note: there is a shorter version of this story on *PM0302* - EB 2001. FILM ID:440.3 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.
