09 April 2007
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Stories involving speed, mainly featuring land, water and air records.
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT GRAPHIC)
Duration:00:01:30
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3.3.26
Major Seagrave attempting world's speed record, but suffers problems
ENGLAND: Lancashire: Southport:
B/W footage of Sunbeam car with Seagrave aboard being pushed by men; car at speed R-L ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 1 30889
Copyright: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Duration:00:01:10
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5.11.28
World's Air Speed Record beaten by Flt. Lt. D'Arcy Greig, who averages 319.57mph on four consecutive flights.
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B/W footage of crowd round sea-plane; Greig into cockpit; ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT GRAPHIC)
Duration:00:00:27
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1.1.29
Segrave's Winning Way! Sir Henry does 73mph, beating all competitors at Potsdam Regatta.
GERMANY: Potsdam:
B/W footage Sir Henry Segrave in motorboat; boat 'Miss England' at speed; 'Miss ...
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Copyright: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Duration:00:00:28
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21.3.29
E.A. Eldridge establishes new world's record by averaging 72.5mph for 24 hours.
FRANCE: Montlhery:
B/W footage Ernest Eldridge wearing eye-patch; car at speed round banked track; watching ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 1 37600
Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT GRAPHIC)
Duration:00:01:09
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1.1.30
Charles Lindbergh, accompanied by his wife Anne set new trans-Continental flying record - 2,530 miles in 14 hours, 45 minutes (beating previous time of 17 hours, 38 minutes).
USA: ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT BRITISH)
Duration:00:00:50
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29.8.38
Captain George Eyston breaks world land speed record - 345.49mph.
USA: Utah; Bonneville Flats:
B/W footage Eyston seated in car; 'Thunderbolt' car being worked on; car at speed away; black ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT BRITISH)
Duration:00:00:40
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19.9.38
John Cobb breaks World's Land Speed Record, then Captain George Eyston breaks Cobb's record
USA: Utah: Bonneville Flats:
B/W footage Cobb's car being prepared by mechanics, pouring ice to ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT BRITISH)
Duration:00:00:27
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24.8.39
John Cobb breaks land speed record at 368.85mph average.
USA: Utah:
B/W footage Cobb lowering himself in car from plank; CU Cobb; Cobb car away; Car at speed; Cobb patted on back and ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT BRITISH)
Duration:00:00:23
Timecode - In:01:00:15:24
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26.9.46
Captain Martin of the USA in a P84 Thunderjet sets US record of 611mph, but fails to break World Record
USA: California:
B/W footage of P84 Thunderjet taxi-ing; take-off; plane making ...
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Copyright: REUTERS (GAUMONT BRITISH)
Duration:00:01:18
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25.9.47
John Cobb breaks land-speed record on in his Railton-Special at just under 400 miles per hour. He went past 400mph on one of the two runs that form the record.
USA: Utah: Salt Lake:
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Copyright: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Duration:00:01:41
Timecode - In:01:09:34:23
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7.9.53
Neville Duke puts air-speed record beyond all doubt with four sensational runs of measured course. The official record stands at 727.6mph.
ENGLAND: Tangmere:
B/W footage Neville Duke in ...
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Copyright: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Duration:00:00:36
Timecode - In:01:11:25:11
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28.3.55
Advancing world's train speed record by 50mph, a French locomotive exceeds 205mph.
FRANCE: Bordeaux:
B/W footage Train towards on track; on board shots of train at speed through town; ...
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Copyright: REUTERS
Duration:00:01:31
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11.11.57
Donald Campbell breaks his own world water speed record again, this time at 239.07mph (record actually set on 7/11/57)
ENGLAND: Lake District: Coniston Water:
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:03:30
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4.1.67
Donald Campbell dies making World Water Speed Record attempt
ENGLAND: Cumbria: Lake Coniston:
B/W footage of Bluebird on Lake Coniston. Bluebird moves slowly away from quay; MS of Bluebird ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:11
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11.10.83
Two world water speed records are broken by British drivers. The World Offshore record is taken by Ted Toleman, with a speed of 117mph (breaking previous record by 4mph) and Rick Frost takes ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:02:03
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29.8.86
Millionaire Richard Branson breaks transatlantic record to take the Blue Riband award with his power boat Virgin Atlantic Challenger II
ENGLAND: Off Bishop Rock:
Challenger II over finish ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:53
Timecode - In:02:19:33:23
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27.7.89
US Millionaire Tom Gentry succeeds in his second attempt to break the transatlantic speed record, taking the prize from Virgin boss Richard Branson. His boat, 'Gentry', completed the journey ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:41
Timecode - In:02:21:33:24
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26.4.92
Prince Michael of Kent was one of 4 drivers who took part in a speed record attempt in a vintage Bentley. The car was raced for 1000 miles around the Millbrook circuit in Kent in a time which ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 2 34977
Copyright: REUTERS
Duration:00:01:31
Timecode - In:02:23:21:18
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14.3.97
Frenchman Eric Braone believes he's broken the world speed record for a mountain bike, achieving a speed of 207.253 kilometres per hour (128.49 mph).
FRANCE: Vars:
Eric Barone countdown to ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:02:16
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26.9.97
The British Thrust SSC team set a new land speed record - average speed of 714mph.
USA: Nevada: Black Rock Desert:
Blackrock Saloon; Scoreboard outside Blackrock Saloon '1997 Score - ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:00:59
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15.10.98
One man's 'rocketed' into the record books - on two wheels. Richard Brown and his team are tonight celebrating smashing the British motorcycle land-speed record, averaging 216mph
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:32
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2.6.99
Colin Fellows, a grandad who used to be a pilot, has broken the British land speed record in his 'Vampire' car - 269mph.
ENGLAND: North Yorkshire: Elvington:
'Vampire' along to break ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 2 45071
Copyright: REUTERS
Duration:00:04:11
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19.8.99
Some of the world's fastest cars and drivers have gathered under the blistering sun on the white salt flats at Bonneville, California to try and set new landspeed records
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:49
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16.1.99
A new land speed record was set at an airbase in Wiltshire today - 131 miles an hour. A remarkable achievement considering the driver is blind.
ENGLAND: Wiltshire:
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Copyright: REUTERS
Duration:00:02:39
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16.2.00
Steve Fossett sets new round-the-world speed record in a medium weight plane - 41 hours.
USA: California: Los Angeles:
Fossett's plane - a Cessna Citation X - taxi-ing after landing; ...
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Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:00:47
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8.3.01
34 years ago Donald Campbell tried to set a new world water speed record but it ended in disaster. Bluebird somersaulted out of the water, crashed down, and sank, taking Campbell with it. With ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 2 60599
Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:00:55
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8.3.01
34 years ago Donald Campbell tried to set a new world water speed record but it ended in disaster. Bluebird somersaulted out of the water, crashed down, and sank, taking Campbell with it. With ...
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Clip Ref: S09040701 2 62156
Copyright: ITN
Duration:00:01:44
Timecode - In:02:41:28:22
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Eurostar has sped into the British record books. The Channel Tunnel train hit two-hundred-and-eight miles-an-hour during a test run on new track in Kent. But it's still a long way behind France and ...
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