London to Sydney

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2064A

Date Released

26 Dec 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London to Sydney. DESCRIPTION: The closing stages of the Ten thousand mile marathon drive to Sydney - And first in, the Hillman Hunter driven by Scottish farmer Andrew Cowan. A great success for Rootes and British Leyland, with Eighteen Hundreds finishing second and fifth - and a great boost to Britain’s car exports. SHOTLIST: MS pan Citroen of Lucien Bianchi past during Australian section of London-Sydney Rally Marathon. MLS pan ditto. 2 shots cars past. MS old cart by road-side. MLS pan car past. 2 shots Ford Falcon No 29 past. 2 shots cars past. GV finishing point at Sydney. LAS Union Jack. MS pan winner Andrew Cowan in his Hillman Hunter. MS Cowan gets out of car. CU Ford Falcon which came second. MCU driver. MS 1800 of Paddy Hopkirk which came third. MCU Paddy Hopkirk. MS man examining 1800. MS Porsche No 58. MS pan No 48 Roger Clark’s Cortina. 7 shots of Royal Lancers’ Land Rover. 6 shots winners sitting on top of their car. MS pan up ditto.

Keywords

Motor racing; Competitions; Road transport; Military

Locations

London; Sydney; Australia; England

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

94273

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

237

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