Drag Racing

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2466

Date Released

5 Sep 1976

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Drag Racing. DESCRIPTION: Speeds of up to two hundred miles an hour can be reached on the Drag Racing Strip at Santa Pod in Bedfordshire. The enthusiasts lavish a lot of attention on their machines and petrol bills must be staggering, all for a Race between two cars that is over in minutes [sic]. SHOTLIST: SV wheel of dragster with men in b/g. MV man working on dragster. MCU engine sparkling. MV body of car in air as men work on engine. MS ditto. MCU man working on engine. TV ditto. CU ditto. CU pan to man working on engine from reflections. MS exhaust pipes. MCU ditto. CU ditto. BCU ditto then dissolve. CU pull focus on triple carburettors. SV engine. CU carburettors. MV dragsters lined up. CU Leaping Jaguar tilt up to Skeleton wearing ear protectors. FV ditto. MLS pan with two dragsters racing. FV dragsters coming towards camera, the dragster with parachutes open. MLS pan with hot rod up track. GV crowds. FV hot rod starting run. SV two cars starting race. FV cars approaching camera. MS strips of lights changing colour. BV two cars having race. FV cars’ parachutes opening.

Keywords

Vehicles; Motor racing; Safety devices

Locations

Bedfordshire; Santa Pod Raceway

Card file number

76/119

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

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