Car Trial Hazards

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1468A
Date Released
25 Jul 1957
Date submitted
22 Jul 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Theatre News
  2. 2News in Brief: Aiming for the Title
  3. 3News in Brief: Rail Disaster
  4. 4News in Brief: Tricky Flying
  5. 5News in Brief: An ‘Invasion’
  6. 6Ibbotson’s Record
  7. 7Car Trial Hazards
  8. 8Moss Wins at Aintree

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Car Trials on Birdsville Track. DESCRIPTION: Rivers in flood are a major hazard in a reliability Trial round Australia. Six thousand miles of the toughest motoring in the world. SHOTLIST: TPS cars going round the track. CU of car. CU of Rolls Royce. Shots of Volkswagen Beetle going through the water. At night - shot of car. Shot of elephant on track. Day - car goes through deep gully and heads towards the cameraman. The cameraman falls over (as seen through the camera).
Keywords
Sport; Mass media; Vehicles; Motor racing; Environment; Animals
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
71292
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
Film clip

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