On the Road

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2111A

Date Released

20 Nov 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Moratorium
2. 2Building Business
3. 3News Scene: About the Best Known Country Town in Australia is Gundagai. Certainly the Man Who Knows It Best is Bruce Dennis, the Postman with His Faithful Horse, Lollie, He’s Been Delivering the Mail Round Gundagai for Nearly Twenty Years.
4. 4On the Road

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On the Road. DESCRIPTION: Many of the world’s top Rally crews have been competing in one of Europe’s major events, the RAC Rally, covering nearly two and a half thousand miles round England, Scotland and Wales. All the serious competition driving is restricted to the Special Stages over Forestry Commission Land - and it’s here that experience and tenacity sorts out the men from the boys. SHOTLIST: GV line up of cars. MS pan down zoom in Lancia. Several shots names of drivers on cars. LAS sign International Rally of GB. MS pan Andrew Cowan and Brian Coyle start in a Triumph 2,000 (No 1). MS starter. MS pan Timo Makinen (No 2) in a Lancia. CU Henry Liddon, Tony Fall (Drive) in Lancia (No 7). MCU ditto. Pan Paddy Hopkirk in Triumph 2,000 (No 8). Series of shots cars along road. MS pan Saab ditto. MS pan No 5 - Roger Clark, Jim Porter in an Escort ditto. No 6 (a Porsche) ditto. No 11 Tom Trana in Saab ditto. No 21 Philip Cooper in Mini. No 24 Rod Cooper in an Escort. CU spectator. MLS pan No 29 John Bloxham in an Escort. MLS pan No 2 Timo Makinen in an Lancia. MLS pan No 41 Tim Bosence in a Volvo. 7 shots cars attempting rally.

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Scotland; Wales; England; United Kingdom

Card file number

95370

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

200

Story extras:

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