British Victory at Silverstone

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1197A
Date Released
15 May 1952
Date submitted
12 May 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Miss Horsburgh Visits Schools
  2. 2New Danish Church Consecrated
  3. 3Another A-Bomb Test
  4. 4Britain’s Service Boxing Win
  5. 5British Victory at Silverstone
  6. 6Motor Cycle Mountaineering
  7. *Keenan in Training
  8. *Newcastle Leave for South Africa

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: International Trophy Meeting. British Victory at Silverstone. DESCRIPTION: Tens of thousands of fans were at Silverstone for the International Trophy Meeting. Lance Macklin, driving a HWM, won for Great Britain at an average speed of 85.41 mph. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU No 25 car racing. Crowds. Cars in pits getting attention. Cars racing, one crashes into crowds, person flung about. Robert Manzon, Hawthorn, gets into car. CU Behra. CU Lance Macklin. De Graffenreid. Start of final race. Wide angle cars racing. CU No 33 Wharton, Peter Collins No 29, Mike Hawthorn, No 11, Lance Macklin, No 31, Macklin goes ahead and wins. Climbs out of car. Says a few words into mike about winning. CU handed the trophy & CU of him with trophy.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Ceremonies; Accidents and disasters
Card file number
57188
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
222
Story extras:
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