Scorching the Track
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scorching the Track. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the International 100 mile race in Sydney, and the track surface stood at nearly 150 degrees! Stirling Moss in a Lotus, went to the front in a temperature sizzling over the century. For Innes Ireland and Jack Brabham, the heat was really on. It was a brilliant win for Moss, in a race so tough that only 4 cars finished. Innes Ireland was the only other overseas driver to finish. SHOTLIST: Key scene - race track. GV race starts. LS race in progress. MS Stirling Moss MS same. MLS race. LS Innes Ireland (No 8). LS Jack Brabham (No 11). MLS race MLS race. MS Australian carried from car. CU Ron Flockhart. MLS Brabham pushing car. CU drivers. MLS race MLS race GV same. MLS Innes Ireland. MLS Moss drives past. GV Moss winning. CU Moss.
- Keywords
- Sport; Motor racing; Weather
- Locations
- Sydney; Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 81848
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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