Racing Roundup

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1673A
Date Released
29 Jun 1961
Date submitted
26 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Archbishop Enthroned
  2. 2Australia One Up
  3. 3Jump to It!
  4. 4Racing Roundup

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Racing Roundup. DESCRIPTION: The big event was the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies Race, and historic and vintage cars were out in force at Oulton Park, Cheshire. (Seen here are Sir Francis Samuelson, Britain’s oldest active racing driver, and George Eyston, breaker of records). There were twenty-three laps to race, something over sixty miles. The laurels of victory, in the historic section, went to racing driver Lindsay in his 1936 ERA. Now, something different from California, driving an old jalopy over sandy hills and hollows near Palm Springs. It is a great idea for anyone in search of a new sport. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pits. MS pits. CU Bentley. CU Vauxhall. MS Samuelson. CU George Eyston. GV start. MS same. TS cars. TS same. MLS Bugatti. MLS same (No 13). MLS 1937 Alta. MLS Maserati. MLS car hits bank. MLS car up slope. CU crowd. LS Bugatti hits tree. MS same against tree. CU same. MS No 15. MS another. MLS No 4. MLS same. CU crowd. MS winner. Slip pan MS jalopy. MS jalopy up slope. MS another. MS girls. MS jalopy. MS same slides. MS same. MS another stuck in sand.
Keywords
Sport; Vehicles; Motor racing; History and archaeology
Locations
United States of America; California; Cheshire; Palm Springs; Oulton Park
Footage sources
United States of America
Movietone
Card file number
82749
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
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