Historic Racing Cars

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2579

Date Released

5 Nov 1978

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Historic Racing Cars. DESCRIPTION: Racing cars from the early 1960’s again roared around Brands Hatch at the Historic Racing Car Meeting. In the Classic Sports Car Championship the winner was Amschel Rothschild driving an AC Daytona Cobra. SHOTLIST: MS cars lined up for race. MS car 63 (Lotus) driver Jeffrey Johnstone. MS car 1 (Chevron B8 Ford) driver Rodney Bloor. MS timekeeper with start board. MCS car 21 (Kincraft Sports Chevrolet) driver Anthony Taylor. MS start light flashes on. GV cars pull away at start. GV ditto. MLS cars approach 1st bend. CS lap marshal. MS car 24 (Diva Ford) driver Tony Goodwin. MS car 22 (McLaren Mic) driver Malcolm Clube. MS car 1. MS car 118 (Jaguar XK120) driver Peter Sugden. GV Graham Hill Bend. GV car 34 (Chevron B16 Cosworth) driver Simon Phillips. Pan car 63. ‘Last Lap’ board shown to drivers. MS people watching. Car 10 spins off track driver Bruce Halford. Ditto back on track MS pan with car 10. MS ditto. Pan car 63. MS ditto. Pan car 41 (Marcos GT Ford) driver Jem Marsh. GV pan with No 41. GV pan AC Cobra 289 driver Steven O’Rourke. MLS pan car 6 (AC Daytona Cobra) driver Hon Amschel Rothschild. MS car 6 wins race receives chequered flag. Car Nos 41 & 6.

Keywords

Motor racing

Locations

Brands Hatch

Card file number

78/166

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

183

Story extras:

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