Daily Mail Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1571A
Date Released
16 Jul 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Soho Fair
  2. 2Foot Slogging
  3. 3Daily Mail Race
  4. 4Athletics
  5. *Childrens’ Day

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Daily Mail Race. DESCRIPTION: From Marble Arch to Lydd Airport: - 75 miles. Covered in an hour and a half by Stirling Moss. He reached the finishing line at the Arc de Triomphe in just over two and three quarter hours. Captain Walker of the Special Air Service arrived at Chelsea Embankment on a split-second schedule. A dinghy hauled him out to a special raft where a Skeeter helicopter whirled him off to Biggin Hill. Then, Captain Walker transferred to a Hunting Jet Provost for the flight to Paris. In a Westland Helicopter he completed the journey to Issy, on the city’s outskirts. Then - a final sprint to another motor-bike and off again. 58 minutes to the Arc de Triomphe checkpoint! Lord and Lady Montagu travelled in a Humber of 1909 - the year of Bleriot’s historic flight. And they were only 2 hours slower than Moss! SHOTLIST: MS Helicopter (key). GV Marble Arch. Pan - Moss’ car drives along runway onto plane ramp. MS plane doors closing. MS plane taxies. Slip pan. Pan - car arrives - Moss jumps out and stops at checkpoint. CU Moss. MS Captain Walker arrives - pan to getting into dinghy. MS helicopter leaves platform. LS helicopter & Provost jet. MS Provost jet taxies. GV airport buildings. LS helicopter flying. MS cameramen. LS Captain Walker running. BS Captain Walker leaves by motor bike. Pan - same arrives at checkpoint. CU Captain Walker. LS Lord & Lady Montagu in 1909 Humber. Closer pan same.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Aristocracy; Aviation; Competitions; Transport
Locations
France; England
Card file number
77624
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:
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