Saloon Car Six Hour

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1740A

Date Released

11 Oct 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Saloon Car Six Hour. DESCRIPTION: The first-ever 6 hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch created quite a stir overseas as well as at home. 35 cars of all shapes and sizes, sorted into 5 classes according to engine capacity, took part in a pretty well non-stop 6 hour bash. Number 30, an Austin Cooper, astonished everyone when it finished in third place - only 3 1/2 mph slower than the winning Jaguar driven by Mike Parkes and Jimmy Blumer. In the 6 hours, they covered 453 miles. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan car in pit. MS crowd. CU Elizabeth Jones puts helmet on. MS Cristobel Carlisle into car. CU Mike Parkes. MS people eating. GV start of race. (10 shots) race in progress cars round corner and along straight. MS car skids on grass verge. CU two girls. MCU man looking at wheel off car. (3 shots) race in progress. MS car upside down in ditch. CU man. MS men turn car over. MS man walking back to pit. (6 shots) race in progress. MLS clock showing 6 o’clock. MS car past camera. CU two girls. CU (2 shots) Mike Parkes who won.

Keywords

Motor racing

Locations

Kent; Brands Hatch

Card file number

85273A

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera: Jim Godfrey

Length of story (in feet)

188

Story extras:

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