Empire Trophy Race

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1349

Date Released

11 Apr 1955

Date submitted

4 Apr 1955

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Empire Trophy Race. DESCRIPTION: At Oulton Park, Cheshire, sports cars competed for the Empire Trophy. There was a crash in one of the heats involving three Jaguars. The final was won by one-armed driver W Scott-Brown. SHOTLIST: Cars going round a corner. Pan shot of cars going round. Low angle shot of cars in the paddock including Jaguar. Connaught, Aston-Martin, Lotus. Start. Various shots of cars going round. CU of 3 Jaguar cars. LS of the crash. CU of wrecked commentators box. CU of dead mike. CU of wrecked car. CU of a race marshal being carried to the ambulance. Various racing scenes. CU of a car No 36. Winner receiving flag. CU of the winner W Scott-Brown in the Lister Bristol.

Keywords

Motor racing

Locations

Cheshire; Oulton Park

Card file number

63227

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: James Humphries

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