Safari Rally

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2541
Date Released
12 Feb 1978
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Men’s Downhill Skiing
  2. 2Safari Rally

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: East [Sic] African Safari Rally. DESCRIPTION: The route of the Ivory Coast Motor Rally is over dusty and bumpy roads, starting near the coast at Abidjan and travelling inland. British pair, Andrew Cowan and Johnstone Syer, driving a Mitsubishi, took the chequered flag to win. SHOTLIST: GV African town through trees. TS market place. MS sign ‘Bandama’ pan to car reversing through gates. CU name on car No 3 Joginder Singh - Mike Doughty pull back to car. CU same on car No 46 Mages & Noujaim pull back to man at engine. MS car No 1 Makinen & Liddon. MS man puts sticker on car No 9 Assef & Burrele. MS man under car No 5 (GB) Andrew Cowan & Johnstone Syer. MS girl entrants car No 49 Vincens & Page. MS men preparing car. CU wheel put on car. CU stop watch started. MS car starts race. CU stop watch. MS cars start race. LS No 9 round corner and past. MS No 9 past. MS car over bump and lands. MS view from car. MS slow motion No 3. MS interior car. MS No 3 drives to checkpoint - stops - drives on, slipping on dusty road. MS car over bump. MS interior car. MS pan car No 5. MS car No 16 past Oger & Brichot. MS No 5 pulls in at layby. MS man gives No 16 signal to go. MS view from car window. TS No 3 through trees. MS African village. MS man on bike. MS villagers watch car pass. MS poultry in road runs as car approaches. MS No 3 pat. MS Joginder. MS car past villagers. MS villagers. MS car No 5 pan. MS car No 5 drives up ramp to chequered flag to become winner. MS bonnet No 5. MS winner with large bottle of champagne tilt down to co-driver. Winner - Andrew Cowan/Johnstone Syer (GB) in Mitsubishi, 2nd - Joginder Singh/ M Doughty.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing
Locations
Ivory Coast
Card file number
77/223
Credits:
Camera
Deville
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
321
Story extras:
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