Veteran Marathon

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2081
Date Released
21 Apr 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Oscar Awards
  2. 2Veteran Marathon
  3. 3Fire Proof
  4. 4Fashions
  5. 5Bears of Berne

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Veteran Marathon. DESCRIPTION: Fifty-one veteran cars, with such exotic names as Decauville, Panhard-Levassor and Gladiator Iris, took to the roads on the toughest veteran rally yet - 630 miles from London to Lands End and back again. SHOTLIST: MS veteran car - Y69 No 5. MS cars at start of Lion Car Club Rally to Lands End. MS pan car No A1642 away (No 1). MS pan car No DRK800 (No 2) away. MS car past (No 3). 4 shots trucking cars on road. MS sign M4. 3 shots MS pan cars onto motorway. MS pan car No 45 over level-crossing at Datchet. MS car past - 1913 Wolseley No 40. MS car No 26 over crossing. GV pan sheep grazing on Dartmoor. MCU sign Ashburton & Exeter. Pan No 35 past. MS pan car past. LAS signpost on Exmoor. MS pan No 38. MS pan No 31 - 1912 Rolls Royce. Pan No 36. MS car passes broken down 1911 Belsize. CU car wheel. CU sign 1911 Belsize. MCU man working on engine. MS 1911 Belsize broken down. Pan up river. Pan No 48 Ford past Postbridge sign. GV Dartmoor. Pan No 22 pan to bridge. Pan Rolls Royce No 23. Pan 1914 No 42 past.
Keywords
Organisations; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Motor racing; Competitions; Road transport; Animals
Locations
London; United Kingdom; Land’s End
Card file number
94645
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Camera
John Wanstall
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
188
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