NORTHERN IRELAND: SPORTS: TT Ulster Race motor race (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Ulster Tourist Trophy Road Race Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION CAPTION - THE SPEED OF NATIONS - BRITAIN TAKES 1ST , 2ND ,5TH AND 6TH PLACES IN THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL ROAD RACE IN ULSTER (410 MILES) SOME OF THE 250,OOO SPECTATORS Northern Ireland . (1928) (Dundonald) Massive crowd on hillside / race track / racing cars driving along road / cars driving through villlage underneath railway bridge with town hall in background (Newtonards ? ) CAPTION - THE PACE WAS TERRIFIC - CAPTAIN CAMPBELL MEETS WITH EARLY DISASTER Smoke coming out of Captain Campbells racing car at side of road / more of cars driving through villages / cars driving past “Shell motor oil“ banner / Ulster countryside and car race CAPTION - KAYE DON FINISHES 13 SECONDS AHEAD OF LEON CUSHMAN , THE OTHER BRITISH LEADER .PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE BY THE DUKE OF ABERCORN - GOVERNOR- GENERAL OF
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