Close up Shot of John Godfrey Parry-Thomas Behind the Wheel of a Car Wearing a Racing Helmet, 1927. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

Close up Shot of John Godfrey Parry-Thomas Behind the Wheel of a Car Wearing a Racing Helmet, 1927. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

3-023-396 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Close up Shot of John Godfrey Parry-Thomas Behind the Wheel of a Car Wearing a Racing Helmet, 1927. Welsh engineer and racing driver JG Parry-Thomas in 'Babs', the car in which he suffered a fatal crash at Pandine Sands while attempting to regain the world land speed record from Malcolm Campbell. From "Time To Remember - Fast And Far in the Twenties", 1927 (Reel 1); a look at the obsession with speed and travel during the late 1920s.


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  1. British Pathe Ltd, attributed to: British: Photographers, producers of newsreels and documentaries
Subject
  1. JG Parry-Thomas: British, Welsh: engineer, racing driver

Medium
  1. Photograph

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World Europe United Kingdom Wales Carmarthenshire

  1. 51 50 00 N , 004 20 00 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4959x3967
File Size : 57,634kb


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  1. 00075378_00000330
  1. '00000330'
  1. 00075378_00000330
  1. 1170001865
  1. 3-023-396
  1. 3023396


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