Cars and Motor Cycles on Ice

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2228A

Date Released

17 Feb 1972

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cars and Motor Cycles on Ice. DESCRIPTION: A school for drivers with Monte Carlo ambitions. Drivers are taught how to handle cars when driven at speed on ice. Riders have come from all over Europe to compete in this crazy sport. Using spiked tyres, riders throw their mounts around the circuit at high speed. The racing took place at Grenoble, the last Winter Olympic venue. SHOTLIST: MS mechanics checking bike. MS ditto adjusting wheel. CU spiked wheel. LS towards & pan start of race. MS pan riders round track. LS pan ditto. MLS pan riders round bend. LS riders round track. MS No 12 round bend. MS judges. MS pan round bend No 3 skids but keeps going. BV pan Nos 10 followed by No 9. MS people watching. MS No 9 followed by No 10 cross finishing line. GV crowds. MS winner No 9 receives trophy. LS towards and pan start of car race. MS pan cars past on snow. CU interior men driving car. LS cars skidding round bend. FV driver fighting to correct car. LS towards & pan Citroen No 16 skids round bend. MLS car No 31 skids round bend. Travel shot along snow covered road. MS towards 2 cars round bend. MS pan Citroen No 16 round bend and loses tyre. MS pan car round bend. MS pan Citroen No 16 without tyre goes past. MS towards car skids round track. LS towards and pan car skids along straight and round bend.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing; Weather

Locations

France

Footage sources

France

Card file number

97884

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

198

Story extras:

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