This edited article about Sir Malcom Campbell originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 759 published on 31st July 1976.

The wind was screaming around Sir Malcolm Campbell’s ears like a demon as he shot over the Salt Lake Flats at Utah, U.S.A. on 4th September, 1935, in his record-breaking car, Bluebird.

Blessedly, the car was steady and there seemed to be no drag on the flats. Would Sir Malcolm break yet another land speed record?

This attempt was the culminating point of a career that had started when, as a 21-year-old stockbroker, Campbell had become a keen motor-cyclist and had won his first race in the same year. That had been 1906.

From then on, with the exception of service in the First World War in the Royal Flying Corps, Campbell had devoted himself to racing with such spectacular results that he had gained a knighthood in 1931 for raising the speed record to 245.7 mph. Later he had clocked 276 mph.

Now he had come to Utah to risk his life again for a new record.

We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Abd-ar-Rahman III proclaiming the Caliphate of Cordoba.

Abd-ar-Rahman III Proclaims the Caliphate of Cordoba

The second picture shows a game of tennis.

A game of tennis

The third picture shows Turkish Bashi-bazouks mutilating Greek corpses.

Turkish Bashi-bazouks mutilating Greek corpses, Akrotiri, Crete, Greco-Turkish War, 7 March 1897

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the death of Hyacinth.

The death of Hyacinth

The second picture shows a Buddhist monk in a pagoda.

Buddhist monk in a pagoda of an imperial palace, China

The third picture shows townhouses in Sana’a in Yemen.

Townhouses in Sana'a, Yemen

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows a Tourist car on the Mount Lowe Railway, California.

Tourist car on the Mount Lowe Railway, California

The second picture shows a futuristic prediction: enjoying the theatre in one’s own home in 2000.

Enjoying the theatre in one's own home in 2000

The third picture shows men hunting flamingos in Spain.

Hunting flamingos, Spain

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Napoleon in exile on St Helena.

Napoleon in exile on St Helena

The second picture shows Sicilian craftsmen make umbrellas.

Sicilian craftsmen make umbrellas

The third picture shows Horse racing in Rome.

Horse racing in Rome

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The first picture shows men hunting birds of paradise in Malaysia.

Hunting birds of paradise, Malaysia

The second picture shows the arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

The arrival of the Queen of Sheba

The third picture shows women picking violets near Parma, Italy.

Picking violets near Parma, Italy

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The first picture shows the Foundation of the Benedictine Order in 529.

Foundation of the Benedictine Order, 529

The second picture shows a lion hunt.

Lion hunt

The third picture shows Bluebeard and his new wife.

Bluebeard

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows an arrival at Brussels at night in the 1911 Air Race.

Arrival at Brussels at night

The second picture shows a Tunisian potter.

Tunisian potter

The third picture shows El Cid fighting the Moors.

El Cid fighting the Moors

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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC.

Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, 49 BC

The second picture shows Baseball.

Baseball

The third picture shows a harpist.

Harp, France, 1810

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This amusing picture shows a family playing on the moon above a valley where sits their lunar base. The extra-terrestrial domestic scene was imagined in the 1960s, when a rather naive optimism began to shine through after the post-war gloom; it was of course a decade which saw man walk on the Moon. But however unlikely this vision of a lunar colony may have appeared, the artist did get one thing right; he painted the Earth as a “blue planet”.

Family playing on the moon, as imagined in the 1960s

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