Motor Racing’s Child’s Play!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1961A
Date Released
5 Jan 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Motor Racing’s Child’s Play!
  2. 2Slop Could Be Pop!
  3. 3Tractor Driver is Miss France
  4. 4Shipshape

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Racing’s Child’s Play!. DESCRIPTION: Seven year old Thomas Barnard has been helping his father develop a midget racing car. Powered by a lawn-mower engine, it has been tested at over sixty miles an hour - but for children it is geared down - and one of the safest fun cars for all the family. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU Thomas Barnard puts on crash helmet. MS Thomas Barnard in car talking to his father. MS pan Thomas drives away in car. MS Thomas past in car. Trucking shot. Thomas driving car. CU Thomas’s father watching. MS Thomas drives past. Trucking shot. Thomas drives around track. Pan Thomas drives past. Trucking shot. MS Thomas drives up to his father, who is sitting in a Mini.
Keywords
Children; Safety devices; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
England
Card file number
91929
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
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