Rac Rally

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2271

Date Released

11 Dec 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rac Rally
2. 2News in Colour: Alice in Wonderland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC Rally. DESCRIPTION: The annual motor racing event organised by the RAC. The Round Britain Rally is won by Roger Clark driving a Ford Escort. Movietone cameras record the rally showing some of the special stages through North Wales, Silverstone, Yorkshire and Scotland. SHOTLIST: Full CU sign 1972 International Rally of Great Britain. LV map of England showing rally route, zoom in to York. AS No 1 waiting to start. CU driver (Stig Blomqvist). SV towards and pan No 1 flagged away by Mayor. SV towards and pan No 2 (Harry Kalstrom) drives away. SCU pan No 4 drives away. SV No 15 (Timo Makinen) being flagged away. No 27 driven by woman (Eva Heinonen in Volvo) up ramp. CU woman navigator (Elizabeth Crellin). BV No 27 drives away. No 28 ditto. LV pan No 1 at speed. SV car flashes past camera. SV pan No 2 at speed. CU pan car skids round on leafy lane. SV another car past camera. SV No 21 along narrow lane. SV crowd watching. SV pan No 66 along wet lane. CU car wheel through water. CU No 71 along muddy lane. CU car past camera. SV pan No 120. CU man eating sandwich. SV car zigzags along wet lane. SV banner across road Welcome to Prestatyn. SV pan No 8 arriving. SV pan No 12 ditto. SV pan No 18 arriving with others. CU driver of No 18 (Tony Fall in Datsun). CU banner start. SV No 3 starts away. SV No 6 waiting to go. CU driver. SV pan No 6 starts away. CU wheel starts. SV pan No 12 pull focus to light over Severn Bridge. GV rally cars over bridge. SV pan ditto. SV pan car No 4 Roger Clark arriving at Aust service point. SV as No 4 comes to a stop for a check. SV pan No 4 drives away. SV pan No 2 arriving. GV cars at Aust service point. SV partly wrecked car No 39 smashed in door. SV pile of new tyres. AS mechanic checking Mary Slim’s car. SV drivers at table. SV mechanic checking engine of No 41. GV drivers chatting while they wait. SV pan mechanic lifting spare gear boy into engine. SV pan No 39 drives away from starting point. CU small dog being held with RAC on dog’s coat. SV No 4 drives away through crowd. CU centre line flashes past. LAS car along road nearing Silverstone. END OF PART 1. PART 2 - Zoom in map showing Silverstone. MS No 71 past. SV pan No 56 Bochnicek. SV pan No 75 across track. SV pan No 98 racing round perimeter. CU car towards and out of picture. SV pan No 68 races across track at 116’ it skids into bales of straw. SV pan No 124 racing through flooded road. SV pan No 1 round bend. SV pan No 2 round bend. CU girls watching. SV pan car along lane at speed. SV pan car No 4 and Roger Clark & Tony Mason going well. CU wheel. SV pan No 18 flashes past Tony Fall. SCU pan No 26 flashes past. SV pan No 36 round tight bend, skids into bank but carries on. SV pan No 41 round bend (women). SV pan No 50 skids round bend and hits bank. SV pan No 78 races past. GV Castle Howard car past pan car past Howard. GV pan car past along road. CU car past. Pan No 21. SV zoom in map to Dumfries. SV pan car racing down track alongside forest pan to BV. SCU pan another car races past along muddy track. SV car No 1 stops along track or check point. SBV ditto as car moves away. SV pan No 4 arriving at check point. SV No 4 drives away. SV pan No 7 drives away from check point. GV Scottish countryside pan to wind-swept fir trees. CU map scene York. LV arrival of car No 1 who came 2nd. CU pan driver of car No 1. LV arrival of Roger Clark & Tony Mason in No 4 who came first. SV crowd and press. SV Clark and Mason squirting champagne over each other. SV press. SV Clark & Mason sitting on bonnet of car.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Locations

Yorkshire; Scotland; North Wales; Silverstone

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

98700

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

P. Simmon

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Camera

Peter Brown

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

485

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