Learning on ScreenRound Britain Motor Rally
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC ‘Round Britain’ Rally. DESCRIPTION: Two hundred and forty-nine cars left York at the start of this year’s RAC Round Britain Rally. Ahead of them, five days of gruelling motoring, through varying road conditions. Through the heart of England, the Welsh Mountains and the Border country. Finland’s Timo Makinen came in first for his coveted hat-trick, with Britain’s Roger Clark second. For the Ford Escort, it was first, second and third. SHOTLIST: SV car No 1 leaving start at York. LV toward and pan car No 6 leaves start. SV cars along road for Harewood. Along road past sign ‘Harewood’. GV Harewood House. SCU car No 32 on Harewood circuit. GV crowd watching cars. SV car No 31. CU towards and pan car No 28. SV car No 51 along rough track. SV pan car No 47. GTV car No 2 through Wykeham Forest. GTV car No 7 through forest. Pull focus car through forest at night. SV pan cars headlights into camera at night. SV ditto. SV car 81 into York at night. LV pan car No 2 through York pan to signpost ‘Inner Ring Road to Hull’. SV pan (morning) car 56 past signpost ‘Sherburn’. TS car 32 on motorway. SC along motorway through windscreen. TS car 136 along motorway. CU flashing signal. LV pan cars being overhauled near Clipstone Forest. Various shots cars being overhauled. CU sign ‘Clipstone 3 miles’. Pull focus car through forest. SV interior car 28. SV ditto. CU changing gear. SV pan car 138. SV pan car 192. CU Brian Culcheth. TS through windscreen. SC car round corner of forest. CU foot on accelerator and brake. SV car 28 along road through Sutton Park. TS ditto. TAS wheel. CU Culcheth. GV car driving at speed through Sutton Park. CU wheel. TS car 28. CU driver. GV pan car 83 through Sutton Park. SV pan car 33. CU pan car 51 skids round corner. SV pan car No 1. LV car going through Waterford. CU another ditto. SV car 55 through ford. GV car through ford. SV car through ford. CU water splash in front of crowd. LV car 52 at speed through park. GV crowd watching car at Longleat Estate. CU lion by trees. SV pan No 1 through estate. SV car No 6 through estate. SV pan No 3. SV car No 4. SV pan No 12. SV No 46 skids round corner. GV cars, crowds at Longleat House. SV pan No 2 round corner with back half of car missing. GV pan misty countryside of Dolgellau, North Wales. STV No 6 driving through forest of Coed-y-Bremin. TS past trees. TS along forest road. TS past trees and sun. TS along road, mist and mountains in b/g. TS car along road near Betwys-y-Coed waterfall. GV pan down from trees to waterfall. CU wheels skids away. SV car 3 pulls away on Clocaenog Forest stage. CU car 28 pulls away. SV Culcheth at wheel. CU ditto. LAS through Clocaenog Forest. SV pan car at speed through forest. SV people watching. SV car 96. SV pan car 31. CU No 42 round bend in forest. TS into York at night. SV pan No 3 into York. SV pan No 4. SV pan No 6. SV pan No 1. 9 shots cars being serviced during night stop at York. CU windscreen wiper working. SV pan 73 arriving in Manchester in rain. TS windscreen wiper. GV No 6 through park in Manchester. SV No 2. LV No 51 skids round corner. SV pan No 28. SV pan No 33. SV pan No 18. GV country round Greystoke, Near Penrith. GV pan car at speed through Greystoke Forest. TS through windscreen. GV car towards and through forest. CU pan No 19. TS along forest road. TS ditto another. SV pan car 18 at speed. SV toward No 1 along rough forest track. TS along road. GV No 6 at speed. TS vast crowds. SC car flashes past. TS along road. SV car flashes past. TV along road. SV car flashes past crowd. TS along road. SV No 157. SV car flashes past crowd. LAS car flashes past. SV man drinks tea. GV car 97 flashes past sign ‘100 miles to York’. TS past trees and sunrise. GV cars along road. TS past trees and sunrise. SV car past camera, stops at sunrise. CU sign ‘York 21’. TS car along road to York. CU ditto. TS car No 3. AS sign ‘City of York’. SV No 1 coming in to win. SV Makinen driving into winners camp. SV cameramen. SV Timo Makinen and Henry Liddon sitting on bonnet of car. Timo shaking up magnum of champagne. SCU Timo Makinen. SV Roger Clark shaking hands with Makinen. CU Clark. SV Timo pouring champagne over bonnet of car, watched by Clark. Car No 1 - Timo Makinen (Finland) " 6 - Roger Clark (GB) " 32 - Jannie Kuun (SA) " 31 - Ronnie McCartney (GB) " 28 - Brian Culcheth (GB) " 51 - Tony Drummond (GB) " 47 - Freddy Kottulinsky (Sweden) " 2 - Bjorn Waldegaard (Sweden) " 7 - Marku Alen (Finland) " 81 - HP Herrmann (West Germany) " 56 - Barry Lee (GB) " 136 - Christer Graf (Sweden) " 138 - Nigel Clarkson (GB) " 192 - Howard Lapsley (GB) " 83 - Chris Benyon (GB) " 33 - Nigel Rockey (GB) " 40 - Tony Fowkes (GB) " 52 - Joachin Knollman (West Germany) " 3 - Stig Blomqvist (Sweden) " 4 - Walter Roehr (West Germany) " 12 - Simo Lampinen (Finland) " 96 - Gavin Waugh (GB) " 42 - Vlastimil Havel (Switzerland) " 73 - Terry Kaby (GB) " 18 - Billy Coleman (Ireland). Henry Lidden - co-driver to Makinen the winner.
- Keywords
- Sport; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Motor racing; Weather; Environment; Ceremonies; Animals
- Locations
- Manchester; Wales; York; Sherburn, Elmet; Waterford; Kingston-upon-Hull; Harewood; Longleat; Wykeham Forest; Clipstone Forest; Sutton Park; Coed-y-Bremin; Betwys-y-Coed; Clocaenog; Greystoke; Dolgellau
- Card file number
- 75/358
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Paul Kavanagh
- Camera
- Ray Gallard
- Length of story (in feet)
- 722
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