00:30...by reigning sovereign and the royal party are there to wish the drivers luck, including Prince Bera of Siam.
00:37Earl Mountbatten is president of the Royal Automobile Club, which organized the meeting.
00:42Favorites for the trophy are the Alfa Romeo foursome, with Louis Chiron and his Maseratis as nearest challengers.
00:48Seventy laps lie ahead, 200 miles to come, as they thunder away to a perfect start.
01:04Jumping into an early lead is Juan Fangio, number one, the former bus driver from the Argentine, and today the
01:10most successful racing motorist on the continent.
01:12Leading the Alfa Romeo team, the Argentinian is driving strictly towards us, with the other Alfa Romeos, two, three and
01:19four, following him round.
01:21Chasing the Italian quartet, down the straight from Copse Corner comes the Belgian driver Johnny Clays, number 18, in a
01:26Torbo, and Bob Gerrard, number 12, in his ERA.
01:41Fast-working mechanics put the Italian aces soon back on the track. Closely watched by the royal party, they're back
01:47in there battling it out, but never seriously challenged.
01:56The halfway mark is coming up, and the order stays unchanged. Reg Parnell in Alfa Romeo number four is still
02:02in fourth place, and Fangio in number one is still out front.
02:05Twenty more laps to go.
02:32Down goes the checkered flag for first man home, and it's Alfa Romeo's number two, Giuseppe Fabio.
02:38A broken oil pipe having forced Fangio to retire. Fagioli is second, Parnell third. A one, two, three triumph for
02:45the cars from Italy.
02:46An ovation greets the hero of them all, Doc Farina, 90 miles an hour winner of the European Grand Prix.
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