Britain Wins the Rally

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1390A
Date Released
26 Jan 1956
Date Other
Jan 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Torch is Lit
  2. 2Village Wrecked by Plane
  3. 3Britain Wins the Rally
  4. 4Dancing Grand Prix
  5. 5Sudan Independence
  6. 6Tanker Ablaze
  7. 7Wales Win at Twickenham
  8. 8US Train Disaster
  9. 9On the Ball
  10. 10Bombay Riots

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monte Carlo Rally. DESCRIPTION: RJ Adams who drove a Jaguar Mark VII saloon won the Monte Carlo Rally for Britain. It was the 26th Rally of its kind. SHOTLIST: Various shots of cars driving in the snow over the Maritime Alps. Various shots of the cars skidding on the ice etc. CU of RJ Adams who won the race. Shots of him shaking hands with F Biggar and D Johnston, his crew.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing
Locations
Monaco; Monte Carlo
Footage sources
France
Card file number
65703A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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