Rac Rally

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2321

Date Released

25 Nov 1973

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Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC Rally. DESCRIPTION: Its victory for Ford’s in the 1973 RAC Round Britain Rally. First was Timo Makinen, Roger Clark 2nd and Marku Alen third, all driving Ford Escorts. SHOTLIST: GV last year’s winners Roger Clark & Tony Mason in car No 1 ready to be flagged down by the Mayor. SV Mayor drops flag. SV pan Clark in car No 1 drives down ramp & away. Angle shot pan as car No 4 drives away. SV group of people watching. SV pan car No 7 down ramp and away. SV driver of car No 9 pan to bonnet. SVC car No 9 drives away. LV pan car No 7 along road at speed. SV pan car No 9 flashes past. LV towards and pan car No 13 Timo Makinen. SV pan car No 12 flashes past. LV pan car No 18. Big GV crowds watching rally cars race down road. 3 SVs pan cars Nos 42, 45 & 66. GV crowds watching. SV pan car No 58. GV pan as car No 14 crosses bridge over River Tweed, Selkirk to York. LV cars being serviced at roadside service stop. LV Timo Makinen car No 13 being serviced. SV pan from car to Makinen having hot drink. SV pan car No 13 being serviced. LV cars start to drive away from service point. SV pan as Roger Clark in car No 1 drives away from service point. GV as cars drive through Craik Forest section. SV pan as car No 59 drives past on slippery road through forest. LV car 28 in forest after spinning off road. SV pan car 142 along forest road. SV pan car No 164 skids off road into forest, pine trees falls down on car, camera pans as car 66 goes past pan to driver of car 164 besides wrecked car. SV 2 women watching. SV pan as car 164 drives away after being pulled out. SV car skids onto side bank but continues. SV pan car 130 skids into bank shoots across road into forest. SV officials try to pull car out. LV pine tree falling across road. SV pan as car 130 drives out of forest onto road and away. GV another car on road skids round (in forest). SV as officials try to clear car from road. SV pan car 172 running on 3 wheels with co-pilot on roof. LV car 67 at Pickering check point, car drives away. SCU time marshal alongside driver of car 21. GV car 21 drives away. CU time marshal alongside car 54. GV car 54 drives away. SV car 45 waiting to start from checkpoint. BV car 45 drives down road. GV car 13 Makinen drives through Pickering Forest. SV pan car 51 skids round into forest along road. SV pan car 31. Car 37. SV sign ‘City of York’. Angle shot finish sign pan down as Timo Makinen in car 13 drives up ramp to win rally. SV large group of photographers. SV Timo Makinen climbs onto bonnet of car and holds magnum of champagne. GV other rally cars lined up at finishing stage. CU Timo Makinen sitting on bonnet of car and drinking champagne.

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Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

323

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