Britain’s Motor Record Triumph (1927)

Item title reads: “Britain’s motor record triumph. First pictures of Major Segrave and his record breaking 1,000 h.p car on famous sands of Daytona beach, Florida. United States of America (USA). M/S car. Segrave seated in the car wearing a helmet and goggles, salutes onlookers. M/S of the Sunbeam car. 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.