If At First You Don’t Succeed (1927)

Item title reads: “If at first you don’t succeed. Captain Campbell breaks all World’s records in his Napier “Bluebird“ covering a mile in seconds.“ Pendine Sands, Wales M/S crowd around Bluebird including Campbell and his engineer,. Repeat shot, followed by L/S on sands on a wet day with Bluebird speeding left to right then right to left. The crowd mass around the car. L/S of sands, with the conditions looking drier, and the car races across again. M/S group of cars and the press. C/U of the official timekeepers vehicle. Repeat shot of Campbell and his engineer by the car, with crowds around. Note: record breaking run. 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 viewed on the British Pathé website.