Car Acrobatics

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2294

Date Released

21 May 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Festival Time
2. 2Veteran Car Hill Climb
3. 3Eurocar
4. 4Car Acrobatics

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Car Acrobatics. DESCRIPTION: Stunt drivers take off on two wheels and crash through curtains of fire. SHOTLIST: SV car driving along on two wheels. LV ditto passenger gets out of window and does a balancing on side of car, pan with car. SV ditto two men balancing on side of car. SCU ditto pans with car. SV men get back into car, car drops down on four wheels, and drives on. (63’) CARD 99084 SV three Ford Escorts approach one sided ramp, 1st car goes up ramp, other 2 cars follow, pan with last car, all the cars do hand brake turn together. SV man laying on ramp, cars pass either side, car at back goes up ramp. SV car coming towards camera, man laying on bonnet, pan with car then it drives through fire. SV car with man on bonnet going towards fire. SV fire with man in foreground, car enters fire vat, man hangs onto rear of car. SV 2 cars being pushed by another 2 cars, hits ramp, they both turn over, and the 2nd car catches fire & rolls to a stop. SV an old car being pushed by another car, front car goes up ramp & takes off & crashes, nose down in a row of wrecked cars and catches fire, firemen rush forward to get driver out. SV crowd watching. SV fire is out on car & stuntman is standing on row of cars waving to crowd. SV one car being pushed by another car, drives up ramp, bursts into flames & crashes on row of cars, firemen rush forward, zoom out to LMS. SV crowds watching pan to more crowds. SV 2 drivers on top of row of cars waving. (148’).

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Stunts

Locations

France; Australia

Footage sources

Australia
France

Card file number

98972

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

212

Story extras:

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