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Dizzy Drivers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1611
Date Released
18 Apr 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Eye in the Sky
  2. 2Dawn Breeze
  3. 3Summer Ahead
  4. 4Getting Ready
  5. 5Dizzy Drivers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dizzy Drivers. DESCRIPTION: This is a perfectly serious championship for stock cars, at Montreuil, near Paris, and dizzy drivers are in a death-defying dash after the French title. SHOTLIST: GV stock car racing in progress. LS same. MS same. LS pan round bend. CU stock car. LS race in progress. LS same. CU stock car. LS stock car skids off track. LS stock car crashes. MS stock car, LS race. LS car piles up at bend. SLS cars same. LS car skids off track. LS chequered flag. CU car No 11 winner.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Accidents and disasters
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
79837
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:

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