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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