Race For Speed Record - 1 (1927)

Item title reads: “Race for speed record. Mr. Parry Thomas all ready with his famous “Babs“ to be first to reach 200 miles-an-hour.“ Pendine Sands, South Wales M/S people on the beach with some sort of plough, making a furrow. The car ’Babs’ is pushed out of the shed, by a team of helpers and engineers. Parry Thomas gets in and poses. The cover is taken off to show off the six cylinder engine. One man has Dunlop on his jumper. People work on a furrow in the sand. Note: see also *PM0672* - 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 w