Spectacular Car Crashes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1168A
Date Released
25 Oct 1951
Date submitted
20 Oct 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Funeral of Pakistan Premier
  2. 2Singapore a City
  3. 3Ankarah and Mcgovern to Meet
  4. 4Factory Fashions
  5. 5The West Greets Royal Couple
  6. 6Spectacular Car Crashes

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spectacular Car Crashes. DESCRIPTION: The National Sportsman Stock Car Race on a speedway in Pennsylvania - a hundred-mile merry-go-round, and undoubtedly a smash hit. It’s a dead loss all round - for owners, drivers and the insurance people, but no-one gives up till his car’s wrecked or blazing. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Car speeding round circuit. Various shots of dozens of cars racing, crashing, catching fire, still other miss the crashed ones, people fighting the flames of burning cars. Crashes by the dozen. Blown-up from 16 mm.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Pennsylvania
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
56244
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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