Formula 5000 Motor Racing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2156A
Date Released
1 Oct 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Hostages Return
  2. 2Death of Nasser
  3. 3War on Want
  4. 4Lord Mayor’s Swiss Visit
  5. 5California Fire
  6. 6Formula 5000 Motor Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Formula 5000 Motor Racing. DESCRIPTION: An exciting day at the Brands Hatch circuit includes the final leg of the Guards Formula 5000 Championship. SHOTLIST: CU cars up hill into camera during event 5. GV as cars race down straight from hill. CU smoking crashed car 1 of Simon Sherman. CU Simon Sherman. SV wrecked car. Head on shot cars move up to grid for start of event 2. SV pan No 30 driver Frank Gardner. CU Gardner in car pan down showing No 30. CU driver Mike Hailwood waiting in car No 3. SV Mike Walker in car No 4. CU Graham McRae in car No 2 (the winner). GV cars move away (rolling start). GV as cars move up to starting flag - flag down at 53’ pan cars race past to SV. GV cars uphill towards at 76’ car 23 crosses path of another car, at 79’ car 23 goes into spin. SV pan car 98 moves away after crash. GV cars round bend. SV 3 cars flash past camera. LV 2 cars down straight. SV 3 cars round bend. LV pan more cars round bend. GV 3 cars down straight with No 2 in lead. SV man with finishing flag jumps in air to flag down winner at 121’ he flags down the 2nd at 129’ and 3rd at 133’ and flags 4th and 5th. SV pan winner No 2 coming into pits. SV Graham McRae gets out of car and is congratulated.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United Kingdom; Brands Hatch
Card file number
96384
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
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