Won At 56 Miles An Hour (1927)

Item title reads: “Won at 56 miles an hour. Sir Philip Sassoon, under-secretary for air, sees race for his own cup.“ Northolt, London M/S airfield with planes lined up - a flag is waved for the off, and the biplanes take off, flying low over the buildings of the aerodrome. There a dark cloud of smoke from one aircraft in a mock bombing. M/S, after landing of a congratulatory handshake for one pilot who wears a white overall. 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