Lasne New World Record (1922)

Air Race at Etampes, France. Full titles read: “NEW WORLD’S RECORD - for air speed set up by G. Lasne (France) in Race for Deutsch Cup.“ M/S’s of pilot in biplane preparing for takeoff. Intertitle reads: “Jimmy James would have won for England - but whilst flying a 220 miles p.h. had to descend owing to being slowly strangled by tapes.“ M/S of Jimmy James sitting in cockpit of aeroplane. C/U of James. L/S of James’s plane taxiing down airfield (Could be footage of Lasne). 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 con