Panoramic views of the Oregon Trail which was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory from 1841 to 1869. The Great Plains or so called a the time "Great American Desert" with high plains. Elk at a river bank. Bison or buffalo herd feeding and fighting on the plains. View of a covered wagon of the period seen on the plains. Wagon wheel ruts in limestone rock on ground showing old path the wagons followed. Independence Rock on the Oregon Trail, with carved names of pioneers who carved their names on its surface between 1841 and 1869. View of Sweetwater River. The Missouri River leading to the Oregon territory. An abandoned old wagon wheel on the plains.
British racing ace George Eyston prior to the race as his car 'Thunderbolt' is painted black. The track prepared at Bonneville, Utah salt flats. Eyston in car and man writing inscriptions on inner part of car. Car goes on high speed and Eyston breaks his last speed record with a new one of 345 mph. Eyston wears racing goggles on head with fans.
English racing car driver Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Several men stand near his supercharged MG streamliner EX-135 car . He sits in the car and races it to set a speed record. Mountain ranges in the background.
Sir Malcolm Campbell sets speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Officials look through binoculars from raised platform. A board under platform reads 'Headquarters Official timing station Contest Board'. Campbell drives his six-ton Bluebird Car at 301 miles per hour. Technicians fix a flat tire during the record attempt. Sir Malcolm seated inside the car after setting the record.
Captain George Eyston's car does 347 miles per hour during a trial run in Bonneville, Utah. Spectators and mechanics' team with support staff under shades during the trial run. The car runs on the sandy beach and touches the figure of 347 miles per hour. The failure of electrical timing device makes the record unofficial.
The last race for Ab Jenkins and his 'Mormon Meteor' car in Bonneville, Utah. Mormon Meteor with people around it. The car races. A man with a sign that reads '197'. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. People around Jenkins as the hood of the car is opened after overheating. Smoke comes out of the engine. Ab Jenkins shakes hands with a man and rubs his eye with a handkerchief.
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