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1938 USA / MOTOR RACING: British racing driver officially breaks world's speed record
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0:56Now PlayingDate: 29th August 1938
Location: USA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Fastest Man on Earth
USA: Utah: Bonneville Salt Flats:
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Captain George Eyston (British racing and land speed record car driver) preparing to drive his racing car 'Thunderbolt' / Various of Thunderbolt racing car speeding across salt flats (breaks world speed record at 345.49 m.p.h. / Various of mechanics checking car after record-breaking drive / Eyston smiling
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