“Baby“ Car Record Beaten (1931)

Full title reads: “Brooklands. ’Baby’ Car Record Beaten. Mr G E T Eyston - in a MG Midget - beats Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record for mile and kilometre with speed of 96 and 97 mph respectively.“ Brooklands, Surrey. Shot of Captain George Eyston in his small M.G. (Morris Garages) sports car / racing car. Eyston and his mechanics check over the car. He climbs into the car. Someone just off camera shakes his hand. Shots of Eyston speeding around the Brooklands track - Nice shot as steam train passes. Eyston sits in his car and chats (sadly mute). 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 Param