Outback Rally

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2145

Date Released

13 Jul 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Outback Rally
2. 2By Coach from Basel to Berlin
3. 3Royal Show
4. 4Australian Rodeo
5. 5Dragon Boat Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Outback Rally. DESCRIPTION: Over two hundred cars start from Sydney in the gruelling ten thousand mile Ampol Rally. A brief stop at Alice Springs and they’re off again into the dust and heat of the outback. SHOTLIST: CU pan car starts rally - Ferguson in a Holden (51). TV car starting rally. CU firework explodes. SCU Gelignite Jack Murray in flashy suit into car. 2 CUs Murray in car, starter drops flag. SV pan Murray starts rally. CU driver with beard in car. SV pan old car starts rally (No 119). GV Alice Springs. SV sign Alice Springs. SCU Captain James Cook in costume. SV two young girls laughing. SCU Captain Cook starts race pan to Volkswagen starts. GV crowd. LV car comes through archway. SV pan car drives past. LV car drives across prairie - sheep scatter in f/g. SCU driver locks farm gate pan runs to car & away. SV (3 shots) cars across rough country.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Motor racing; Environment; Animals

Locations

Sydney; Australia; Alice Springs

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

96142

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

111

Story extras:

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