Peter Collins’ Fine Win

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1496

Date Released

3 Feb 1958

Date submitted

31 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Smash in the Fog
2. 2The Premier in the Sun
3. 3Young Lovers Wed
4. 4A Ship in Record Time
5. 5At the South Pole
6. 6Turkish Flare-Up
7. 7Peter Collins’ Fine Win
8. *Wanderers Through

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sports Car Race. DESCRIPTION: Buenos Aires - and the 1,000 kilometre sports car race, which was won by Peter Collins and his American team-mate, Phil Hill. During the race, Collins had set up a new lap record. SHOTLIST: LS grandstand with flag. LS flags of all nations held on parade. LS drivers running towards cars. LS grandstand. LS cars speeding past in foreground, grandstand in background. LS road, cars speeding past. LS ditto. LS roundabout, cars speeding round. LS corner same. Car 26 speeds past. MS overturned car. MS car being righted. LS car speeding past. MS car coming towards camera. Car 25 speeding past. LS car speeding past, LS 2 cars speeding past. LS car speeding past. LS Car No 2 passes camera. MS waving cars in. MS Peter Collins car comes to stop, garland put round his neck. CU Collins & co-driver.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing; Ceremonies

Locations

Buenos Aires

Footage sources

United Press [UP]

Card file number

72717

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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