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  • Short Summary

    Captain Woolf Barnato wins motor car in a Bentley, France.

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    France.

    No item titles for this item. However, paperwork titles read: "GREAT BRITISH MOTORING TRIUMPH - 24 Hours endurance race won by Captain Woolf Barnato in a Bentley - the first four in the race were all Bentley's too !"

    L/S of the competitors running across track and into waiting motor cars which are lined up on the side of the track. L/S's of the cars driving away. Various shots of the cars racing through the picturesque countryside. Good M/S of Barnato (presumably ?)siting in his car holding a bouquet of flowers, another man sits next to him.

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    Film ID:
    792.29
    Media URN:
    35875
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    20/06/1929
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:59:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:52:23:00 / 01:53:22:00
    Canister:
    G 1617

Comments (1)

  1. roycousins says

    Le Mans 24 Hours on 15th & 16th June 1929.

    Bentleys finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th.

    "Barnato (presumably ?) siting in his car holding a bouquet of flowers, another man sits next to him - the winners: Woolf "Babe" Barnato and Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin in a Bentley Speed Six (No.1).

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