Three Miles A Minute Air Race Aka Gordon Bennett Air Race Won By France (1920)

Etampes, France. Intertitle: “THREE MILES A MINUTE. Sadi Lecointe - famous French Airman - wins Gordon Bennett aviation cup permanently for France“. M/S of an airfield, people mill about near several biplanes. M/S of a biplane preparing for take off - the propeller starts to whirl. Good C/U of Sadi Lecointe sitting in the cockpit, smiling for the camera. M/S of a biplane with a large number 9 on it taking off. C/U of a man in a flying hat and goggles posing for the camera in front of a biplane - Lecointe again? Intertitle: “Our only Competitor, E.P. Raynham on a Martinsyde had to retire“. M/S of a man - Raynham? - leaning on the wing of his plane. 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 th