Speed King’s Departure Aka Speed Kings Departure (1935)

Item title reads - Speed king’s departure. Sir Malcolm Campbell leaves Southampton for Daytona. Hampshire. M/S as Sir Malcolm Campbell stands at the bottom of the steps of the “Aquitania“ with the captain, he is smoking a cigarette. C/U as he shakes hands with the captain who wishes him luck with the land speed record. He makes a thank you speech saying it will be a close thing. M/S of “Aquitania“, M/S of tugs attached to the ship. 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 fo
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