New Zealand Grand Prix

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1650

Date Released

16 Jan 1961

Date submitted

13 Jan 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Malaya’s Ruler Installed
2. 2More Irish Troops for Congo
3. 3Pipeline Laid by Air
4. 4New Zealand Grand Prix
5. 5Norwegian Royal Wedding

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Zealand Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: Away went the field of crack drivers, including Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham, on their high speed journey of 150 miles, while a record crowd of 850,000 watched their progress. Stirling, in a Lotus, lead easily for the first three quarters of an hour, before his car broke a drive shaft. Jack Brabham, driving a Cooper, now shot into the lead. It was victory for the world champion in just over 1 hour, 42 minutes. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU wheel of car, pan to driver Bruce McLaren. MCU Jack Brabham in car talking to mechanics. CU same. MCU Stirling Moss. MS cars being pushed onto grid. GV start. MLS race (x2) LS race. MLS Brabham racing. MLS race LS race (x3). MS official flags home Jack Brabham. MLS Brabham coming into pits. MS same.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Locations

New Zealand

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

81727

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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